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General NewsTickets commemorating 50 year of pandas in Japan on sale
Tokyo Metro Co. is selling panda-themed subway tickets to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fi...
November 16, 2022
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General NewsFamilies advised to remove chairs from balconies to prevent fatal falls
Following several accidents in which young children have died after falling from apartment balconies...
November 16, 2022
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General NewsYuzu harvest season comes to Tochigi Pref.
Yuzu citrus fruit is harvested in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. Yuzu farmer Fukusaburo Ishikawa, 80, w...
November 16, 2022
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Climate Change‘Water people’ left high and dry as major Bolivian lake vanishes
PUNACA TINTA MARIA, Bolivia (AFP-Jiji) — An abandoned boat rests on the cracked earth where formerly...
November 16, 2022
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Asia-PacificHindu culture fights the odds in Sindh, Pakistan
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakist...
November 16, 2022
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ElectionsJapan’s upper house vote-value disparity issue divides courts
Of 16 court rulings as of Tuesday over the disparity in voter numbers to representation in upper hou...
November 16, 2022
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Washington PostVa. bill would bar trans student-athletes from teams matching gender identities
A Virginia legislator has proposed a bill seeking to bar transgender students in K-12 schools and co...
November 16, 2022
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Washington PostRussia hammers Ukraine with missile strikes after Zelensky calls for peace
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for peace in a spe...
November 16, 2022
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EconomyChina’s ‘zero-COVID’ finally catches up with iPhone output
ZHENGZHOU, China — Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policies have finally caught up with shipments of iPhones,...
November 16, 2022
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ReutersNASA’s next-generation Artemis rocket lifts off on test flight to moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 16 (Reuters) - NASA's towering next-generation moon rocket blasted off fro...
November 16, 2022
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EnvironmentPanama river cleaned up by trash-trapping wheel
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) — Latin America’s first renewable-powered, trash-trapping wheel whisks away ga...
November 16, 2022
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Washington PostRepublican infighting roils Congress as midterms fallout continues
WASHINGTON - Republicans in both chambers of Congress mounted challenges to their leaders on Tuesday...
November 16, 2022
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General News‘Ocean diamonds’ offer buyers chance to leave environment sparkling
So-called third diamonds, which divers harvest from the ocean floor, are set to make full-on landfal...
November 16, 2022
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Climate ChangeEmperor penguins now threatened species due to climate change
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temp...
November 16, 2022
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Washington PostSenate report details medical mistreatment of female immigration detainees
Women held at a privately run immigration jail in Georgia were likely subjected to unnecessary gynec...
November 16, 2022