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BBC : A 10-year-old Japanese student has died one day after he was stabbed near his school in southern China. The boy, who was enrolled at the Shenzhen Japanese School, succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday, Japanese officials said. His assailant, a 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong, was arrested on the spot, local police said. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called the attack “extremely despicable” and said Tokyo had “strongly urged” Beijing for an explanation “as soon as possible”....

Agency : Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies.US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign in late June and early July – before Biden dropped out of the race for president.There is currently no evidence that the hackers received any reply from any recipients.In August, officials warned that...

Agency : Donald Trump resumed campaigning Tuesday for the first time since a second apparent attempt on his life, boasting “only consequential presidents get shot at” while praising Kamala Harris for making a phone call to check on him. Trump spoke at a town hall meeting before fervent supporters in Flint, a beleaguered industrial city that was once a jewel of the US automotive industry in swing state Michigan, before factories closed due to foreign competition. Trump drew a link...

AFP : US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for Sudan’s warring parties to “re-engage” in peace talks and facilitate humanitarian access, in some of his most direct comments yet on the country’s deadly conflict. “I call on the belligerents responsible for Sudanese suffering — the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, and re-engage in negotiations to end this war,” Biden said in a statement. “Let...

Al Jazeera : China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sales of military equipment to Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced the measures on Wednesday. The move comes as China continues to raise the pressure on Taiwan and demands that Washington end support for its declarations of independence. Taiwan holds war games amid tensions and typhoon: What you need to know end of listThe ministry said China has frozen the property of the nine...

Al Jazeera : At stake are seats in the region’s 90-member legislature, which will make laws and approve local governing decisions.Voters have begun casting their ballots in regional elections in Indian-administered Kashmir. Kashmiris lined up outside polling stations on Wednesday morning to vote in a local government election for the first time since the disputed territory lost its semi-autonomous status in 2019. Nine million registered voters will choose members of the Himalayan region’s 90-seat legislature. After Wednesday’s first phase of...