Heavy snow continues to fall in northern and western Japan along the Sea of Japan coast.
Egypt's interior ministry says three Vietnamese tourists and one Egyptian tour guide were killed when an explosion struck their bus in the outskirts of Cairo.
China released a Canadian national who was detained in China after authorities in Canada arrested the CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, .
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Key words : heavy snow continues
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Heavy snow continues to fall in northern and western Japan along the Sea of Japan coast.
The Meteorological Agency says the winter-type weather pattern has strengthened, bringing with it a cold air mass.
A village in northern Yamagata prefecture had experienced nearly two meters of snow by Saturday.
The snow is expected to continue through Sunday, mainly in coastal areas.
Up to 70 centimeters are forecast in the 24 hours through Sunday morning in Niigata Prefecture and the Kanto Koshin region. Up to 50 centimeters are expected in Hokkaido, Tohoku and Hokuriku.
Blizzards are forecast in northern Japan. The Hokuriku region may get gusts of up to 126 kilometers an hour through Sunday.
Officials are advising people to be on the alert for avalanches and falling snow that has accumulated on power cables and trees.
Key words : weather condition
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Japan's current severe weather conditions have led the government to provide English-language guidance.
The URL for the Japan National Tourism Organization website is www.japan.travel/en/ . Users should scroll down to the link "Snow forecast in Japan."
Telephone hotlines have also been opened in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
The number for callers in Japan is 050-3816-2787.
From overseas, it is +81-50-3816-2787.
Key words : Egypt Vietnamese roadside
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Egypt's interior ministry says three Vietnamese tourists and one Egyptian tour guide were killed when an explosion struck their bus in the outskirts of Cairo.
Officials suspect it was a roadside bomb. They say the explosion occurred on Friday evening near the Giza pyramids.
Ten people, including other Vietnamese tourists on the bus and the Egyptian bus driver, are said to have been treated for injuries.
Key words : Trump southern
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US President Donald Trump says he will close the southern border with Mexico unless the Democrats agree to fund the building of a border wall.
Trump tweeted on Friday that, "We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall".
Disagreements between the US Congress and the White House over financing the wall have led to a partial government shutdown.
Trump also complained about Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, countries where the migrants are arriving from. He tweeted that those countries do nothing for the United States, but take its money.
Congress is scheduled to resume debates on New Year's Eve, and Trump has cancelled his vacation plans in Florida.
Key words : China released
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A Canadian national who was detained in China after authorities in Canada arrested the CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, has been released.
Canada's foreign ministry told NHK on Friday that the woman has already returned home.
On December 20th, China's foreign ministry announced that the woman was undergoing "administrative punishment" for working in the country illegally.
She was the third Canadian to be detained by China since the December 1st arrest of Meng.
The other two are a Canadian diplomat on leave and a Canadian businessperson trading with North Korea.
Canada's foreign ministry has acknowledged that the released woman had been detained in connection with a work permit problem and that there was no reason to believe her detention was linked with the other two.
Key words : northern Syria to provide
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A Kurdish group in northern Syria has asked the government of President Bashar al-Assad to provide protection from attacks by Turkey. The move comes as US troops are withdrawing from Syria.
The Kurds have relied on backing from US forces in their fight against Islamic State militants.
But the group says it faces a threat from Turkey since President Donald Trump's sudden decision to pull out of Syria.
Ankara considers the group to be terrorists linked to a separatist movement in Turkey, and is poised to attack it.
Syrian authorities said on Friday their troops had responded by entering the northern town of Manbij and raising the Syrian flag.
But reports about the situation are mixed. Reuters news agency quotes a US source as saying Syrian forces are not inside Manbij but on the outskirts of the town.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syria is conducting a psychological operation and nothing is conclusive.
Key words : Rohingya
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Key words : Japanese experts
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Japanese experts say the deadly tsunami that hit western Indonesia last weekend came in short intervals, which increased the destructive force.
It is thought the tsunami was triggered by a volcanic eruption in the Sunda Strait.
Professor Fumihiko Imamura from Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science and Professor Taro Arikawa from Chuo University visited western Java on Friday. The island was one of the areas hardest-hit by the tsunami.
After surveying the area, the two professors estimated the height of the waves at three to four meters.
Based on their observation of buildings destroyed by the tsunami, they identified characteristics of the waves caused by volcanic eruptions.
They say the instantaneous destructive power of last weekend's tsunami was stronger than that generated by an earthquake causing waves to hit the shore repeatedly over a short period of time.
Imamura says people including those in places that escaped damage this time should remain vigilant because damage could be more extensive if another such tsunami occurs.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian disaster management authority has lowered the death toll from the disaster from 430 to 426, citing double counts. It says 23 people are still missing.
Key words : 7.0 earthquake no report
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A tsunami threat has been lifted after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
The US Geological Survey estimates the focus of the quake, which struck around 11:39 AM on Saturday, to be 180 kilometers southeast of the city of Davao at a depth of 60 kilometers.
It first measured the magnitude at 7.2 but revised it down.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii initially said waves of up to 30 centimeters were possible in parts of the Philippines, Indonesia and Palau.
But no tsunami were observed, and the center later lifted the threat.
Philippine authorities say there are no reports of injuries or damage.
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