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Visitors (L) dressed in kimonos look at photos they took during a visit to Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of central Tokyo on September 16, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty ImagesAfter living in Tokyo for over a year, Karin Nordin noticed something peculiar. The hot spring towns of Kusatsu and Zao — normally packed with Chinese tourists — had thinned.”We have seen less mainland Chinese tourists in Tokyo,” the 33-year-old Malaysian told CNBC after returning from Japan in early 2026. Hotel prices in tourist areas appear to have stabilized and no longer spike during holidays observed…

Malaysia have been knocked out of contention for the 2027 Asian Cup after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Tuesday (Mar 17) overturned their qualifying wins over Nepal and Vietnam, saying the national team fielded players who were not eligible to represent the country.The AFC’s disciplinary ruling converted both matches into 3-0 forfeits for Malaysia, leaving them six points behind Vietnam at the top of Group F and removing any mathematical possibility of advancing, with one game to go.The Football Association of Malaysia was also fined US$50,000 to be paid within 30 days. The association did not immediately respond to…

Tripoli, Lebanon – In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in south Lebanon. They’ve lived there ever since.But in the early hours of March 2, Israeli forces began heavily attacking near their house, Manal said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“There was bombing all around us,” she said. Her family packed up and started heading north, with the violent sounds of explosions echoing around them.…

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Collingwood legend Scott Pendlebury has avoided the first suspension of his 21-year AFL career despite being found guilty of rough conduct.Pendlebury’s proposed one-match suspension was downgraded to a $3000 fine at a two-hour tribunal hearing on Tuesday night.Tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson stressed the 427-gamer great wasn’t saved from suspension by any so-called good bloke clause.Instead, the ban was downgraded to a fine under a ‘compelling and exceptional circumstances’ provision.”We are comfortably satisfied that this provision applies to Scott Pendlebury,” Gleeson said.The Magpie great challenged a one-game ban for rough conduct from a collision with Adelaide’s Josh Worrell in Collingwood’s loss…

The Senate was expected to vote later in the day to grant President Ferdinand Marcos, who was on hand for the subsidy dispersal, the authority to temporarily suspend or reduce excise taxes on oil.At a press briefing on Tuesday, Vigor Mendoza, chair of the country’s transportation regulator, announced fare hikes that he said were “proof of … genuine concern” for both commuters and the embattled sector.Most rides in jeepneys, the backbone of the country’s transport system, were set to jump about 8 per cent on average, the regulator announced.The Philippines, which depends almost entirely on the Middle East for its…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIsraeli airstrikes have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war began more than two weeks ago.“A series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas” in the capital Beirut and another airstrike on a residential apartment building in the Doha Aramoun area, NNA…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange Monday afternoon over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the progressive lawmaker attempted to interrupt the senator’s news conference.”Why don’t you tell the Democrats to vote to pay these poor people,” Cornyn told Casar, referring to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who missed their first full paychecks due to the shutdown on Friday.”Let’s do it,” Casar, chair of the left-wing Congressional Progressive Caucus, responded.”No, you do it,” Cornyn shot back. “I’ve voted for it time and time…

The friend of an apprentice jockey who died in a trackwork accident became emotional as she recalled being told the racehorse shouldn’t have worked that day.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Darius Slay, a six-time Pro Bowl cornerback, announced his retirement from the NFL after 13 seasons on Monday. Slay made the announcement on his Instagram page, where he shared some career highlights as well as a message to the game of football. “Dear football, I wanna thank you for all you’ve done for me,” his Instagram caption read. ‘I’ve been blessed to play the game I loved since I was 5yrs old for an amazing 13yrs at the highest level. Football was my peace, my joy, my everything. This game put me in a…