More than 1,000 volunteers pull Japan’s Hirosaki Castle back to its original site in Aomori after a decade of renovation work on the 400-year-old keep.
Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the government said last week.
In a video posted on social media, the gang leader threatened to kill the hostages if any of his members were harmed.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of supplying underage girls to Epstein, whose ties to powerful business executives, politicians, celebrities and academics have fuelled years of scrutiny and conspiracy theories.
Poor enforcement of building safety regulations in Pakistan has been blamed for the high death toll in fires.
Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organisation and the lists of names are reused every six years.
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Iran and Oman held talks in Tehran to discuss the management of traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a joint mine-clearing project. Further negotiations are expected to discuss a permanent solution.
Robert Kocharyan, who leads the Moscow-friendly opposition and maintains close ties with Putin, was detained alongside his son and four others in raids on family businesses. Analysts say the move sent “a signal to the Kremlin” about Pashinyan’s intent …
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