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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (October 14)
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October 14, 2023
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MarketsS&P 500, Nasdaq Fall with Data, Geopolitics Offsets Strong Results
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed lower on Friday as deteriorating consumer sentiment da...
October 14, 2023
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General NewsTEPCO Opens Hatch on Reactor Container at Fukushima Plant; Plans to Start Debris Removal by End of Fiscal 2023
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Friday that it had partially opened a hatch of...
October 14, 2023
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Associated PressHamas Practiced in Plain Sight, Posting Video of Mock Attack Weeks before Border Breach
Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an ...
October 14, 2023
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Associated PressCalifornia Gov. Newsom Signs Law to slowly Raise Health Care Workers’ Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per ...
October 14, 2023
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General NewsJapanese Company Eyes Working with Indian Firm to Produce Soy Sauce in India using Traditional Brewing
KATORI, Chiba — A long-established soy sauce maker in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, has launched an init...
October 14, 2023
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General NewsMan Found Dead Near Bear Caught in Boar Trap in Nagano Pref.
A man was found dead in a mountain forest in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, around 6:10 a.m. on Saturday...
October 14, 2023
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Washington PostWhy some People don’t Feel the Buzz of Caffeine
I have never felt the effects of caffeine. I can drink coffee at 10 o’clock at night and promptly fa...
October 14, 2023
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Defense & SecurityJapan Dispatches ASDF Planes to Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese from Israel
An Air Self-Defense Force aircraft departed for Djibouti on Saturday to evacuate Japanese nationals ...
October 14, 2023
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Donald Keene’s LegacyDonald Keene and Japanese POW Kept Warm Exchanges during Pacific War and Even after World War II, Letters Recently Found Show
Donald Keene, who helped spread the charms of Japanese literature around the world and died in 2019 ...
October 14, 2023
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Japan In FocusKyoto: New Arts Campus Brings Vitality to Station Area
KYOTO — Kyoto City University of Arts was relocated to the northeastern side of JR Kyoto Station fro...
October 14, 2023
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Associated PressK-pop Group TOMORROW X TOGETHER on Their New Album, Working with Anitta and the Jonas Brothers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2019, when the K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT for short) first debuted, ...
October 14, 2023
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ReutersBorrell Says EU Takes China Seriously, Expects Same in Return
BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat said on Saturday his message to Chines...
October 14, 2023
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Wider World‘Double Standards’: South Africans Exposed to EU-banned Pesticides
PAARL, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — After six years of working on a vineyard just out...
October 14, 2023
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ReutersArab States Say Palestinians Must Stay on Their Land as War Escalates
AMMAN/BEIRUT, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinia...
October 14, 2023