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posted by takyon on Friday July 08 2022, @04:55AM   Printer-friendly

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalized

Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe's condition. Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when taken to hospital.

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NHK, citing the police, said a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, had been taken into custody. He was a Nara resident, the report said. Images shared on social media showed a man being tackled after the shooting.

Boris Johnson Agrees to Resign as Prime Minister

Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would step down as Britain's prime minister, after a wholesale rebellion of his cabinet, a wave of government resignations and a devastating loss of party support prompted by his handling of the the latest scandal that has engulfed his leadership.

Mr. Johnson said he would stay on in his post until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader, which could take several months. He said he expected the timetable for his departure and the selection of a successor to be decided on Monday by a committee of senior Conservative lawmakers.

"It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader," Mr. Johnson said in remarks outside Downing Street. "The process of choosing that new leader should begin now."


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  • (Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 08 2022, @11:41PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 08 2022, @11:41PM (#1259007) Journal

    most states call age of consent it 16;

    You will note that I'm not terribly outraged that high school kids might have access to this material. I am outraged that the child groomers are presenting this stuff to small children. I am somewhat outraged that the material might be used in 'sex education' even for high schoolers. 98 out of 100 students are hetero, and they are unlikely to ever be anything but hetero. But, students need to be taught about gay sex? Get real.

    I am kinda curious whatever happened to traditional sex education. Has it been subverted? Do they actually teach kids about sperm and eggs, and how easy it is to be impregnated? Do high school grads know where babies come from, or not?

  • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:25AM

    by Mykl (1112) on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:25AM (#1259017)

    If everyone is gay then we no longer have a teen pregnancy problem. Sounds like a win for the conservatives to me!

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Saturday July 09 2022, @04:14PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 09 2022, @04:14PM (#1259183) Journal

    I am kinda curious whatever happened to traditional sex education. Has it been subverted?

    Yes it has been subverted. Certain backward states do not require sex education to be medically accurate.

    For the high school children.

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