Six In The Morning Friday 8 July 2022

 

Suspected gunman says ‘no political grudge’ against Abe

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

July 8, 2022 at 20:24 JST

The fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not appear to have been politically motivated, investigative sources said.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, was quoted as telling investigators, “It was not because I held a political grudge toward Abe.”

Yamagami, whose profession is unknown, lives in Nara. Police have searched his home.

Abe, 67, was delivering a stump speech on the street in front of Kintetsu Railway’s Yamato-Saidaiji Station in the city.

He was shot from behind around 11:30 a.m., and was declared dead around 5 p.m.

Philippines’ Nobel laureate Maria Ressa loses appeal against cyber libel conviction

Veteran journalist and Philippines’ first Nobel peace prize winner faces lengthy jail sentence

Agence France-Presse in Manila

The Filipino Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website, Rappler, has said, in the latest blow for the veteran journalist.

Ressa and her former colleague Rey Santos Jr face lengthy jail sentences, but the company said they would “avail of all legal remedies available to them”, including taking the case to the supreme court.

The ruling comes less than two weeks after the Philippine authorities ordered Rappler to shut down ahead of the former president Rodrigo Duterte’s last day in office.

Keeping Holocaust survivors' memory alive

What will follow when the last survivors of the Holocaust have died? An exhibition in Berlin looks into how their legacy can be handled responsibly.

They endured immeasurable suffering and cruelty: As Holocaust survivors, they went on to serve as eyewitnesses, fulfilling an essential role in Germany since the end of World War II.

Now the last Holocaust survivors are dying of old age. Responsibility for their legacy is gradually moving into the hands of various institutions. This is not an easy process.

Even though eyewitnesses offer only one of many perspectives on history, their first-hand accounts have a corrective function and they remain important reminders of the past, on a personal level.

'Like doomsday': The Pakistan villagers living in fear of melting glaciers

Pakistan is home to around 7,000 glaciers, more than can be found anywhere else on Earth outside of the pole. But as climate change heats up the planet, many of these glaciers are now melting, with devastating consequences for those who live nearby.

José dos Santos, who led Marxist Angola to crony capitalism, dies

Jose Eduardo dos Santos was president of Angola from 1979-2017.

Angola’s longest-serving leader, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died at the age of 79 in a Barcelona clinic, according to a statement on Facebook by the country’s presidency.

He died at 11:10am Spanish time (10:10 GMT) on Friday at the Barcelona Teknon clinic after a prolonged illness, the post said.

A dominant and influential figure in Angolan and African politics for more than 30 years, dos Santos was the country’s second president. His 38-year-old stint in power left a legacy that continues to divide opinions inside and outside Angola.

'It's getting scary.' How the war in Ukraine plunged this Middle East nation into crisis

By Sarah El Sirgany and Lina El Wardani, CNN

There are only a few items in Hanna Ayyad's fridge at any given moment these days. The Cairo street fruit vendor has restricted his family's diet as inflation triggered by the Ukraine war has soared in Egypt.  

"Now we buy new clothes every other holiday," he tells CNN. "We can do without eating meat, buying it once a month, and we may buy chicken two or three times a month, not like before." 

His customers too can only afford a fraction of what they used to buy, shrinking his daily income.