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General News
Thomas steam locomotive back in service in Shizuoka Pref.
SHIMADA, Shizuoka — Steam locomotives, including the popular Thomas the Tank Engine, are back in ser...
December 18, 2022
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General News
Train enthusiast U.S. Ambassador Emanuel hops on local rail near Tokyo
CHIBA — U.S. Ambassador to Japan and railway enthusiast Rahm Emanuel enjoyed a train ride in Chiba P...
December 18, 2022
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General News
Japan to accept more workers from Central Asia
The government is aiming to bring in more foreign workers from Central Asian countries, partly throu...
December 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé take different paths to lethal brilliance
Whatever the outcome of Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and France, one thing is for sure...
December 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Turnout low so far as Tunisia votes for a ‘dummy’ parliament
After sending in tanks to shutter Tunisia's last parliament, the leader of a nation once seen as the...
December 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Casey Anthony and the rise of the true-crime celebrity
In Childish Gambino's 2011 song "Bonfire," he raps that he "made the beat then murdered it, Casey An...
December 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ shows scars of ‘Whipped Peter,’ slavery
His back had been lacerated by whips, forming an angry cacophony of twisted, swollen welts crisscros...
December 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Musk reinstates some reporters on Twitter. But their companies never left.
When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists Thursday night - in re...
December 18, 2022
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Associated Press
Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on c...
December 18, 2022
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Troubleshooter
I’m obsessed with the social media blogs of people who annoy me
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a company employee in my 30s. I can’t stop browsing social media blogs pos...
December 18, 2022
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Troubleshooter
My grandmother refuses to buy hearing aids
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a teenage girl. I have concerns about my grandmother, who is in her 60s. ...
December 18, 2022
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Perspectives
Tokyo’s small factories open doors to showcase technical finesse
Tokyo’s Ota Ward serves as a hub for Japan’s leading small and midsize manufacturing companies. Duri...
December 18, 2022
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Associated Press
Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of soc...
December 18, 2022
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Soccer World Cup
Qatar offers World Cup visitors an introduction to Islam
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Fatima Garcia donned a headscarf and a black abaya — a long, loose-fitting robe —...
December 18, 2022
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Associated Press
More questions than answers as EU corruption scandal unfolds
BRUSSELS (AP) — No one answers the door or the phone at the offices of the two campaign groups linke...
December 18, 2022