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Wider WorldForeign Minister Hayashi: Japan to cooperate more with Latin America for stronger supply chains
BRASILIA — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed Monday Tokyo’s intention to strengthen relat...
January 11, 2023
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Asia-PacificChinese Invasion of Taiwan Predicted to Fail: U.S. Think Tank
Washington, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)—A Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026 would end in failure for Beiji...
January 11, 2023
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Defense & SecurityJapan, U.S. to promote cooperation on dual-use technologies
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to agree at thei...
January 11, 2023
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Crime & CourtsJapan ex-PM shooting suspect ‘fed up’ with repeated questions; uncle recommends he take English test
The suspect in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he was “fed up” being rep...
January 11, 2023
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Associated PressSoaring US egg prices put pressure on consumers, businesses
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring....
January 11, 2023
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EnvironmentImproved water quality sees Japanese eels living in Osaka’s Dotonbori River
OSAKA — The endangered Japanese eel has been confirmed for the first time to be living in the Dotonb...
January 11, 2023
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Crime & CourtsTaiwan airline received bomb threat at Narita before Jetstar flight
The bomb threat targeting a Jetstar Japan passenger plane last week was not the only one received fo...
January 11, 2023
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ReutersBrazilian judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro’s ex-minister after Brasilia rampage
BRASILIA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the ca...
January 11, 2023
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ReutersWHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long...
January 11, 2023
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Associated Press‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — “No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!” The chant reverberated off the walls of ...
January 11, 2023
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Associated Press‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions aroun...
January 11, 2023
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Associated PressBolsonaro eyes return to Brazil as US stay pressures Biden
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as we...
January 11, 2023
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Associated PressPolitical vacuum in Haiti deepens as senators’ terms expire
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti awoke Tuesday stripped of its last democratically elected institu...
January 11, 2023
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Washington PostThese dogs ride a bus like humans ‘and now the internet is in love’
Amaru, a 5-year-old rescue dog, waits patiently on his family's front lawn in Skagway, Alaska, watch...
January 11, 2023
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Washington PostCalifornia’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much
It wasn't so long ago that California prayed for rain. Something to quench the climate-change-fueled...
January 11, 2023