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Oct 8, 2026 - World

Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer marketJapanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beer and other beverages – a practice media reports said could have forced drinkers to pay over the odds.Officials from the Fair Trade Commission this week searched the offices of Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Suntory Beer and Sapporo Breweries – which together control more than 90% of the domestic market. The quartet are suspected of violating the anti-monopoly law. Continue reading...

Oct 8, 2026 - World

NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires and The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a class action lawsuit over its handling of wildfires that have cloaked large parts of South-east Asia in a toxic haze, shuttered schools and caused a spike in respiratory illnesses.The lawsuit, filed by indigenous and civil society groups in the Indonesian part of Borneo, named President Prabowo Subianto and the governor of West Kalimantan among 10 defendants. The case seeks comprehensive recovery and rehabilitation measures that would include covering the healthcare costs of residents. Continue reading...

Oct 8, 2026 - World

A commander allied with Ethiopia’s government reports Eritrean soldiers entered in Adigrat and Idaga Hamus, with military officers conducting surveillance in Idaga Hamus

Oct 7, 2026 - World

The wife of Sri Lanka’s former powerful President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested and detained on allegations of misusing donations received into her charity when she was first lady

Oct 7, 2026 - World

Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls More fire, more ash, more crime, more death. And a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That is the prospect for the Amazon rainforest for at least the next four years if Flávio Bolsonaro holds on to the lead he established this week in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election.This appears to be of far more concern to the outside world than to voters in Latin America’s biggest, richest and most biodiverse nation. Continue reading...