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566 noticiasMarine estadounidense detenido por un homicidio en un hotel de Naha; Japón protesta y el gobernador de Okinawa se pronuncia
Un marine estadounidense de 20 años fue detenido bajo sospecha de robo con homicidio tras hallarse muerta a una mujer de 39 años en un hotel de Naha, prefectura de Okinawa, y responsables japoneses protestaron ante la parte estadounidense. …
Christa Pike está consciente y habla tras el fallido intento de ejecución en Tennessee, según sus abogados
Christa Pike, de 50 años, está consciente, habla y recibe atención médica crítica casi una semana después de que fracasara el intento de Tennessee de ejecutarla con la droga pentobarbital, dijeron sus abogados el martes. Señalaron que su pr…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …
Chinese team builds first 3D cell atlas of rice life cycle, published in Cell
A Chinese multi-institution team said it has constructed the world’s first three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering rice from seed germination to flowering and fruiting, with the paper published online in Cell on the evening of …
Okinawa US forces order 48-hour pause and overnight curfew after Marine arrest
The top US commander in Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Watson, issued an emergency statement ordering a 48-hour “training period” for US military-related personnel in the prefecture from noon on 7 October to noon on 9 October, with off-base outings and …
Una demanda por presunta violación en Cornell impulsa la exigencia de protecciones frente a agresiones en el campus
Una demanda que alega violación en la Universidad de Cornell ha llevado a mujeres del campus y de fuera de él a compartir sus propias experiencias de violencia sexual, informaron The New York Times y NPR. The Hill informó que una exestudian…
Police: bar owner held over girlfriend’s body in Miyagi; staged messages suspected
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 36-year-old bar owner on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old girlfriend in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on 28 September. Investigators believe he used her smartphone to send messa…
US military in Okinawa orders 30-day curfew after soldier's arrest
The top US commander in Okinawa, Okinawa area coordinator Watson, ordered a 30-day off-base restriction for all US personnel in the prefecture from October 9, with no outings between midnight and 5am, after a US Marine was arrested over the…
UAE sets phased caps on salt, sugar and fat in packaged foods, fines up to Dh500,000
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has begun implementing a resolution that caps sodium, sugar and fat in selected packaged foods, with phased limits running until the end of 2030. The rules apply to locally made and imported produ…
Trump says he is considering suspending federal gas tax ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is considering suspending the federal gas tax, as pump prices remain far above last year's levels a month before the midterm elections. Any suspension would require Congress, which is n…
Exfuncionario de la CIA hallado con lingotes de oro se declara culpable de un fraude de 194 millones de dólares
David J. Rush, exalto funcionario de la CIA, se declaró culpable el martes en un tribunal federal de Alexandria, Virginia, de un cargo de fraude electrónico en un esquema que, según los fiscales, le costó al gobierno federal unos 194 millon…
Shizuoka city holds parents' briefing after swim coach arrested over indecent act
A male swimming coach at a swimming school in Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture, was arrested on September 28 on suspicion of non-consensual indecency involving an elementary school girl. The city, which had outsourced a junior high scho…
Seoul appeals court to rule in ex-President Yoon's free opinion poll case
A Seoul appeals court is due to deliver its verdict on Oct 7 in the political funds case against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of receiving 58 free opinion polls from political broker Myung Tae-kyun. The first trial sentenced Yoon…
Trump aprueba la ejecución por fusilamiento del tirador de Fort Hood, Nidal Hasan
El Pentágono informó que el presidente Donald Trump aprobó la ejecución por fusilamiento del Ejército de Estados Unidos para Nidal Hasan, condenado por el tiroteo masivo de 2009 en Fort Hood, Texas, que dejó 13 muertos y 32 heridos. El port…
Nuri rocket lifts off with 15 satellites in fifth launch
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time on Oct 7 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying 15 satellites, the most in its history. The five main ultra-small cluster satellites were placed in their target orbit, m…
El cohete Nuri despega en su quinto vuelo con un récord de 15 satélites
El cohete Nuri de Corea del Sur fue lanzado a las 12:25 p.m. del 7 de octubre desde el Centro Espacial Naro en Goheung, después de que el comité de gestión del lanzamiento confirmara la hora esa mañana. El cohete transporta 15 satélites —ci…
Amazon's October Prime Day runs October 6-7 as outlets round up deals
Amazon's October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running from October 6 through October 7, 2026. NBC News, The Verge and CNN published roundups of discounted products at price points under $50, under $25 and on seasonal …
El Nobel de Medicina va para tres investigadores por la optogenética
El Instituto Karolinska anunció el 5 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 es para Karl Deisseroth, de la Universidad de Stanford; Peter Hegemann, de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín, y Georg Nagel, de la Universi…
Nuri rocket lifts off at 12:25 with 15 satellites on fifth flight
South Korea's Nuri launch vehicle lifted off at 12:25 local time on Oct 7 from the second pad of the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying five ultra-small cluster satellites and 10 cubesats. Kerosene and liquid oxygen loading was complete…
Nobel physics prize goes to IceCube neutrino researcher Francis Halzen
Sweden's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on 6 October that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery…