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TOKYO: Japanese authorities confirmed Friday (May 8) the first fatal bear attack of the year, with media reports saying police were also investigating two other possible cases.The victim, reportedly a 55-year-old woman, died on Apr 21 in Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, an environment ministry official said.Media reports said police were investigating two other deaths potentially caused by bears.One body was discovered elsewhere in the Iwate region on Thursday and another in a forest in Yamagata prefecture on Tuesday.Police confirmed to AFP that two people had died but could not immediately verify other details.Last year, Japan saw a spate of…

Brent crude rises amid clashes in critical waterway.Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026Oil prices have jumped after clashes between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz tested their tenuous ceasefire.Futures for Brent crude rose as much as 7.5 percent during a volatile trading session on Thursday, before easing as Asia’s markets opened on Friday morning.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe international benchmark stood at $101.12 per barrel as of 03:00 GMT, down from the day’s high of $103.70.The latest rise came after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the critical strait, a conduit…

Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge Thursday night to disqualify U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.In the motion, his lawyers led with a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel, who appeared at a press conference two days after the shooting to discuss the case alongside acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Pirro.”This one hits a little differently. We were all there,” the motion quotes Patel as saying.Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man is facing several federal charges after prosecutors say he posted gruesome death threats targeting two prominent former Trump administration officials, including ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Around April 3, Elliott Owen Schroer allegedly used X to publish a series of graphic messages describing how he would physically assault, kidnap or kill the former officials, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Georgia’s Gainesville Division.Schroer, whose age was not released, is reportedly from Georgia, according to Law & Crime.”The defendant, Elliott…

After more than 40 years operating north of Penticton, B.C., the Penticton Shooting Club is packing up as it tries to understand why the federal government is forcing it off the land it has long called home. The club is being evicted from property owned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.“We don’t understand why this is being done,” said Gary Logan vice-president of the Penticton Shooting Sports Association.  “No one has come out. ‘We want this property because of X,’ nothing. So it’s very frustrating.”Adding to the frustration is the government’s latest move — a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court…

Wedbush Securities’ senior analyst Dan Ives believes Datadog (DDOG) has significant room to the upside as the stock rallies on stellar Q1 earnings.On Thursday, the cloud-based observability platform reported a blockbuster $1.1 billion revenue, a 32% year-on-year increase that comfortably cleared the $960 million analysts had pencilled in.On the bottom line, adjusted EPS hit $0.60 in the first quarter, also crushing the $0.51 consensus. Including the post-earnings rally, Datadog stock is up more than 75% versus its low in early April.Wedbush raises price target on Datadog stockDan Ives maintained his “outperform” rating on DDOG shares today and raised his price…

A woman has been arrested in relation to the alleged murder of a man who disappeared from the Mackay area in November.

new video loaded: YouTuber Recounts Moment Captain Announces Deaths on MV HondiustranscriptBacktranscriptYouTuber Recounts Moment Captain Announces Deaths on MV HondiusSince April 11, three passengers who were aboard the Hondius have died and five other people have been sickened after showing symptoms of the hantavirus. The Turkish YouTuber Ruhi Çenet disembarked the ship on April 24, and told The Times how staff members reacted to the first death.Me and my cameraman tried to isolate ourselves. We didn’t leave our cabin as much as we can. We stayed there. Management didn’t understand what was going on and didn’t give any possibility of…

Pictured here is the last time a sitting U.S. president made a state visit to China. President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing in November 2017 during his first term to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Pool | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The Iran war is likely to take center stage in the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping, leaving less scope to resolve issues like tariffs and rare earth supplies.U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has already said that Iran will be a topic in the meetings, which are due to take place May 14 and 15. And…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump visited the National Mall on Thursday, driving his motorcade through the drained Reflecting Pool to inspect a restoration project he said is correcting a “disaster” left by the Obama administration.Standing on the pool’s floor, the president touted a $1.8 million overhaul of the landmark, contrasting it with the $38 million spent under former President Barack Obama on a project Trump described as a “construction nightmare” that leaked immediately upon completion.The Reflecting Pool, which stretches more than 2,000 feet between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, is one of…