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'Next Messi' Bojan Learned, Suffered in Itinerant Career

Former Barcelona prodigy Bojan Krkic is playing in his seventh country and "would not change anything" about a career that started with him labelled the next Lionel Messi and now sees him in Japan. Many young forwards have been hyped up as the new Messi, but Bojan -- who even…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 19, 2022

Live updates | Japan to double Ukraine aid to $600 million

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday his country will double its financial aid for Ukraine to $600 million in support of the country badly damaged by Russia’s aggression

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Basquiat Owned by Japan's Maezawa Sells for $85 mn

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" 1982 sold for $85 million at auction in New York Wednesday, well above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa a tidy profit. Phillips auction house sold the 16-foot-wide painting on behalf of Maezawa, who purchased it in 2016 for $57.3 million. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 19, 2022

Japan to double fiscal support for Ukraine to $600 million, PM says

Japan will double fiscal aid for Ukraine to $600 million in a coordinated move with the World Bank to back the country's near-term fiscal necessities damaged by Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Thursday.

Reuters · May 19, 2022

White House braced for North Korean nuclear test during Biden’s Asia trip

National security adviser says intelligence reflects ‘long-range missile test or a nuclear test, or frankly both’

The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022

US: N. Korea may conduct missile test as Biden visits Asia

A senior Biden administration official says U.S. intelligence shows that it’s a “genuine possibility” that North Korea will conduct another ballistic missile test or nuclear test around President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea and Japan that begins later this week

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

No replacement for Russian Grand Prix; F1 season now 22 races

There will now be an extra break before the Singapore-Japan double header

The Hindu · May 18, 2022

U.S. warns of possible North Korean nuclear or missile test during Biden Asia trip

U.S intelligence shows there could be a North Korean nuclear test, or missile test, or both, before, during or after President Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan starting this week, the U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, said on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 18, 2022

Biden Adviser Sullivan and China’s Yang Discuss Regional Security

President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone on Wednesday with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi, a call focused on regional security issues and nonproliferation, the White House said. Biden will visit Asia from May 20 to 24, including South Korea and Japan, a trip aimed at…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 18, 2022

City hospital performs cross-blood group liver transplantation

Surgeries done using glycosorb, a device developed in Japan

The Hindu · May 18, 2022