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Associated PressSyria’s Dwindling Jewish Community Can Visit One of the World’s Oldest Synagogues Again
JOBAR, Syria (AP) — In this Damascus suburb, the handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again mak...
December 30, 2024
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Associated PressBelgium Will Ban Sales of Disposable E-Cigarettes in a First for the EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on hea...
December 30, 2024
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General News2 Akita Shinkansen trains, 490 passengers stranded; Services Resumed Monday Morning (UPDATE 1)
Two Akita Shinkansen trains heading to Akita stopped and a total of about 490 passengers were lef...
December 30, 2024
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ReutersS.Korea Joint Investigation Unit Requests Arrest Warrant for Yoon over Martial Law, Yonhap Reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's joint investigation unit has requested an arrest warrant for susp...
December 30, 2024
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Associated PressSouth Korea Orders Air Safety Probe after Worst Crash in Country Kills 179 (UPDATE 1)
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emer...
December 30, 2024
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ObituariesJimmy Carter, 39th US President, Nobel Winner, Dies at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House aft...
December 30, 2024
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General NewsWebsites Offering Generative AI for Unclothing People in Images Top 18 Mil. Visits per Year in Japan
Websites that allow users create sexually explicit deepfake images using generative AI received m...
December 30, 2024
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ScienceWHO Official Praises Japan’s Pandemic Strategy, Warns of Ongoing Global Risks; Interview with Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease expert who helped deal with the COVID-19 outbreak a...
December 30, 2024
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Defense & SecurityStipulations in New Guidelines Key Step to Strengthen Japan’s Nuclear Deterrence
There have been concerns in Japan that the United States might hesitate to defend Japan during a ...
December 29, 2024
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Kabuki / Noh / RakugoKabuki Star Plays Exiled Priest on Remote Island; Real-Life Setting Highlights His Lonely Despair
MISHIMA, Kagoshima — In the latter years of the Heian period, which stretched from 794 to the lat...
December 29, 2024
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Associated PressPutin Apologizes for ‘Tragic Incident’ but Stops Short of Saying Azerbaijani Plane Was Shot Down
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterp...
December 29, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeIshikawa Prefecture to Open Traditional Wajima-nuri Lacquerware Training Institute; Hopes to Attract Young People in Japan, Foreign Countries
The Ishikawa prefectural government intends to train young people to carry on the tradition of th...
December 29, 2024
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Defense & SecurityChina Coast Guard Ships Confirmed Near Senkaku Islands, Marking New Record for Days in Surrounding Waters
The 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha on Sunday said it confirmed China Coast Guard ...
December 29, 2024
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General NewsBiggest Avian Flu Outbreak This Season Occurs in Ibaraki
MITO (Jiji Press) — An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poul...
December 29, 2024
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ObituariesOlivia Hussey, Star of the 1968 Film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Dies at 73
LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo an...
December 29, 2024