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Exactly 76 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States launched a nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Both cities were almost completely destroyed. More than 2 lakh people lost their lives and those who survived, their lives were made worse…

TOKYO: Japan on August 6,  marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that took place in the final days of the Second World War.  A moment of silence was observed at 8:15 a.m., the exact time a uranium bomb dropped from a US bomber exploded over the city on August 6, 1945, killing over 140,000 people by the end of the year…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to improve the situation in junta-controlled Myanmar. During their meeting in Phnom Penh, Hayashi expressed "serious concern" about executions of…

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo. (Getty/Kyodo) The Pittsburgh Pirates have released Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, the National League club announced Friday, enabling the Japanese first baseman to seek other opportunities. Pittsburgh designated the 30-year-old former NPB slugger for assignment Wednesday in order to make room on the 40-man roster.…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2022. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will make prospective Cabinet ministers review and clarify links to a religious group under the spotlight since the killing of a former Japanese premier, when he…

Photo: BCWS Smoke in the skies in Olalla Aug. 5, 2022 UPDATE: 3:20 p.m. The Keremeos Creek wildfire has grown to 5,903 hectares but there is some good news from the ground after what one BC Wildfire Service information officer called a "hairy" night. Bryan Zandberg with BCWS provided a live update Friday afternoon, explaining gusts of…

A two-year-old boy is in serious condition after falling from a balcony in Mississauga on Friday afternoon. Peel Regional Police said they were called to an apartment building in the area of Erin Mills Parkway and Fowler Drive at 5:15 p.m. for a medical assist. When officers and paramedics arrived, they found a boy…

Article content Doug Schweitzer has resigned as Alberta’s jobs, economy and innovation minister. Article content Announcing in a tweet Friday that he had provided his resignation to Premier Jason Kenney earlier in the day, Schweitzer added that his plan is to “serve as an MLA until the end of this month or such other date established closer…

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The scars on Kathryn Linder’s neck and body will be a reminder of how a normal day changed her life. “It was just a normal Thursday afternoon at the office,” she said. “I was doing paper work and answering a few calls when she walked in and wanted to speak with one of our lawyers who wasn’t in.”…

A ruling from the Supreme Court of B.C. has quashed bylaws put in place by the City of Vancouver in December to limit how much property owners could increase the rents of single room accommodation (SRA) in between tenancies.A ruling issued this week by Justice Karen F. Douglas found that the city, under its Vancouver Charter, does not have the…