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Crime & Courts
Bishop Case Sees New Murder Charge Against Suspect
SAITAMA — The suspect in a triple-murder case in Saitama Prefecture will be newly charged with killi...
January 16, 2023
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Washington Post
Sick of smelling her neighbor’s legal pot, this woman sued
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd tried cleaning, pleading and suing, but she said the attack on her home of ...
January 16, 2023
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Washington Post
Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy, wary opponents, prepare to work together
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden began his presidency with an apparent snub of future House Speaker Kevin McCa...
January 16, 2023
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Washington Post
Why nurses say they are striking and quitting in droves
This flu season, Benny Matthew - a nurse at the Montefiore Medical Center emergency room in the Bron...
January 16, 2023
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Associated Press
WHO appeals to China to release more COVID-19 information
BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information abo...
January 16, 2023
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Markets
Japan 10-Yr Bond Yield Tops BOJ Policy Ceiling despite Bond-Buying Announcement
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's 10-year government bond yield rose above the Bank of Japan's policy ceilin...
January 16, 2023
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Associated Press
South Korean president travels to UAE, seeks arms sales
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received an honor guard ...
January 16, 2023
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Reuters
Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack in Ukraine’s Dnipro, dozens feared dead
DNIPRO, Ukraine, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the r...
January 16, 2023
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Associated Press
Congo’s army says church bomb kills 10, extremists suspected
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A suspected extremist attack at a church in eastern Congo killed at least 10 peop...
January 16, 2023
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Economy
Japan’s Sharp Wholesale Price Rise Heaps Pressure on BOJ’s Ultra-Easy Policy
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's annual wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in December, d...
January 16, 2023
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Travel Spots
Tokyo Shrine Prepares for Bullfinch Figurine Rite
Staff at a Tokyo shrine are busy preparing wooden figurines of Eurasian bullfinches ahead of its ann...
January 16, 2023
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Associated Press
California gets more rain and snow, but dry days are ahead
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More rain and snow fell during the weekend in storm-battered California, making t...
January 16, 2023
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AFP-JIJI
Japan Embassy in Ukraine Condemns Latest Attacks by Russia
Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese Embassy in Kyiv on Saturday condemned Russia’s latest attac...
January 16, 2023
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Companies
Eisai Files for Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug in Japan
Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd 4523.T said on Monday it had submitted a marketing authorisation app...
January 16, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Death-Row Inmate Dies after Choking
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Death-row inmate Miyuki Ueta, convicted of murdering two men whose bodies were ...
January 16, 2023