Man who attacked Japan's ex-PM Kishida convicted, sentenced to 10 years in prison

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower for a second day due to US President Donald Trump's tariffs, with Japan's Nikkei falling 1.85% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropping to an eight-month low. S&P 500 companies lost $2.4 trillion in market value, the largest drop since March 2020, while UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned of a new era of global trade war following Trump's tariffs. The FTSE 100 also hit its lowest level since mid-January, signaling further market...

The Ministry of Defence has granted in-principle approval for civil aircraft operations at Adilabad airfield, with plans for the Indian Air Force to establish a training establishment at the location. The IAF has agreed to the Telangana government's proposal for joint-use development, with the Airports Authority of India acquiring land for a civil terminal. This approval marks the second airport sanctioned by the Centre since the Congress government assumed office in December 2023. Full Article

Austin Metcalf, a Texas football star, expressed faith in achieving his goals days before being fatally stabbed by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony at a track and field championship in Frisco. The confrontation arose over a seat, leading to Metcalf being stabbed in the heart, despite his brother's intervention. Metcalf's family remembers him as a leader and scholar, while Anthony's father defends his son as not the aggressor in the tragic incident. Full Article

Climate change deniers are promoting an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, sparking concerns about flawed research presented as unbiased. The paper rejects climate models on human-induced global warming and has been widely shared online as the first AI-led "peer-reviewed" study on the topic. Experts caution against the rise of AI in research, emphasizing the importance of scientific consensus and transparency in the review process. Full Article

The UK government is considering retaliatory tariffs on US products in response to new import taxes imposed by President Trump, with a list of goods being drawn up by Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. Talks are ongoing with the US to secure a deal to avoid or reduce tariffs, with a 10% tariff currently in place on nearly all UK exports to the US. The UK exported almost £60bn worth of goods to the US last...

South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, leading to his ousting from office and starting a 60-day countdown for a presidential election. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as acting president. The decision was unanimous, with the court ruling that Yoon's declaration of martial law did not meet legal requirements and that he violated the law by sending troops to parliament, causing a plunge in the stock market and...