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For more than a decade Kazuhide Inoue has played an understated part in protecting the morals of adolescents in Fukuoka. Several times a year, the 73-year-old visits eight white “post boxes” installed in the city in western

Japan

• Moldova and Nato member Romania announced they had summoned Russia’s ambassadors after its drones struck their territory.

  Russia has been targeting port infrastructure in Ukraine’s south, close to the borders with Romania and Moldova. “Shahed drones violated our airspace, two exploded on our soil, putting Moldovan lives at …

Spicy, woody and sweet: it sounds like a description of a fancy air freshener. But researchers say the mix of aromas arise from something rather different: mummies.

Researchers have used both human noses and scientific instruments to probe how ancient Egyptian mummies smell today, and to what extent the odours …

Leigh Leopards secured their first win at Wigan Warriors in 42 years to stun the reigning Super League champions and win arguably the most remarkable game in the competition’s 30-year history.

For the first time since 1993, a professional rugby league match finished 0-0 after 80 pulsating and gripping minutes.

Mexico’s president has accused the US of harboring drug cartels and American citizens of working with

organized crime

“There is also organized crime in the …

The UK government will “wait and see” whether tariffs announced by Donald Trump “actually come to pass”, a senior minister said.

The US president announced what he called “reciprocal tariffs” on all other countries on Thursday evening, claiming it was “fair to all”.

But it was unclear how this would …

Donald Trump

Trump purged the board of the arts foundation last week, clearing the group of appointees …

Roger Black, who won Olympic silver in the 400m for Great Britain, has revealed he had open heart surgery last month. The 58-year-old said the procedure was to treat a heart condition he has known about since he was 11 years old.

“Three weeks ago I had open heart surgery …

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s incendiary call with Vladimir Putin, UK ministers and officials have had to do some extraordinary contortions.

There is no greater priority in the UK’s foreign policy than keeping the volatile occupant of the White House on side. And that has meant over the past …

The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said “everything is on the table” to bring peace in Ukraine and suggested reducing the number of American troop levels in Europe could even be part of any deal.

European leaders have been left reeling by a series of abrupt US moves since …