Buyer pays €1.28m for 276kg tuna at Tokyo New Year&s auction

The Onodera Group, known for its premium sushi, secured the 276kg bluefin tuna for 207 million yen (€1.28m) after a bidding process at Tokyo&s Toyosu fish market.

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Moscow says Ukraine has launched new attack in Kursk region

Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a counter-attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months.

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German chancellor Olaf Scholz. Photo: Reuters

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has issued a withering response to billionaire Elon Musk&s endorsement of the country&s far-right party, Alternative for Germany.

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Canadian PM Trudeau likely to resign this week: report
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce his resignation this week as he faces mounting dissent within his Liberal Party, newspaper The Globe and Mail reported Sunday.

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US lawmakers to certify Trump win, 4 years after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Exactly four years after Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol, seeking to overturn his election loss, lawmakers meet Monday to certify his 2024 win, cementing the Republican's comeback from political ignominy.

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'Form of violence': Across globe, deepfake porn targets women politicians
WASHINGTON - From the United States to Italy, Britain, and Pakistan, female politicians are increasingly becoming victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography or sexualized images, in a troubling trend that researchers say threatens women's participation in public life.

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