AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 18, 2024

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Student at Japanese school in China’s Shenzhen stabbed by man TOKYO/SHENZHEN, China – A male student at a Japanese school in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong… Read more

We must get Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage fully operational, says COP29 President-Designate

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ “We will build on success of previous COPs, we must also make progress on the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. Building on the successes… Read more

Baku hosts third meeting of international Fund to support fight against climate change

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ The 3rd meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, which was established for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable… Read more

Members of diplomatic corps visit Sugovushan and Sarsang reservoirs

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan, heads of international organizations and military attachés visited Sugovushan and Sarsang reservoirs as part of their trip to… Read more

Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah pagers, say sources

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source… Read more

Harris condemns Trump’s rhetoric; says voters should make sure he ‘can’t have that microphone again’

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make… Read more

Florida will launch criminal probe into apparent assassination attempt of Trump, governor says

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Florida law enforcement officials will launch their own criminal investigation into the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that will run parallel to the… Read more

Nine dead, 2,800 wounded as Lebanon’s Hezbollah hit by pager blasts

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group… Read more

Next Japan PM’s possible no-show at ASEAN summits may favor China

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election later this month may prevent its winner, who will also become Japan’s new prime minister, from attending ASEAN-related summits… Read more

Japan sees sharpest rise in land prices since 1992

Tokyo, 18 September, /AJMEDIA/ The average overall price of land in Japan as of July 1 rose 1.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive year of increase… Read more