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'Like A Video Game': Japan's Gangs Hire Online

In 2022, damage incurred by yami baito crime rings and other organised fraudsters soared 30 percent from the previous year to top 37 billion yen (around $250 million)
Risa Yamada grew up fatherless and struggled to find consistent work until she stumbled on an intriguing job listing: one of a growing number of advertisements posted on social media by Japanese criminal gangs.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned as Tuesday in the wake of a corruption scandal involving energy contracts

Portuguese Set To Turn Page On Antonio Costa Era

Portugal's political parties were preparing Wednesday for a landscape without Antonio Costa, who had been prime minister since 2015 but quit suddenly the day prior when he was implicated in a corruption probe.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have held a series of rallies in central London in recent weeks

UK Police Urged To Ban Pro-Palestinian Rally

British police came under mounting government pressure on Wednesday to ban a pro-Palestinian rally scheduled to take place in London on the day the country commemorates its war dead.
A Palestinian woman cries following an Israeli bombardment in Rafah

Israel Tightens 'Stranglehold' Around Gaza City

Israel said it was tightening the "stranglehold" around Hamas in Gaza City as the military operation on Wednesday aimed at smashing the Palestinian militants gathered pace despite ceasefire calls.
Smoke rises in northern Gaza during Israeli shelling

Israel Battles Hamas In Gaza City

Israel's campaign to crush Hamas ground into its second month Wednesday as its forces battled the Palestinian militants in Gaza City, despite mounting calls for a ceasefire.
Discarded nitrous oxide canisters have been seen as a blight in urban and rural areas

UK Bans Recreational Use Of Nitrous Oxide

Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years.
An Israeli soldier carries rounds from a stockpile towards a stationed self-propelled artillery howitzer firing from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on November 6, 2023

One Month On, Israel's Deadliest Gaza War Set To Intensify

Israel's deadliest ever war in Gaza, sparked by the October 7 Hamas attacks, entered its second month Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed there would be no ceasefire until the militant group releases its 240 hostages.

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