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Associated Press‘Bad situation’: Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide
The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wif...
October 19, 2022
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EuropeUkraine’s power, water supplies under Russian attack again
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians ...
October 19, 2022
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Japan In FocusYokohama: Museum features history of Western confectionery
YOKOHAMA — Chocolate bars, caramels, marshmallows — these Western confections are familiar today, bu...
October 19, 2022
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Asia-PacificNorth Korea fires artillery shells near border with S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired artillery shells near its sea boundaries with South Kore...
October 19, 2022
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Other SportsNHL, its workforce 84％ white, sets baseline to up diversity
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and a...
October 19, 2022
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Associated PressNetflix rebounds from recent subscriber losses with 3Q gain
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix reversed its recent subscriber losses with a summertime gain that manag...
October 19, 2022
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Associated PressBiden to release 15M barrels from oil reserve, more possible
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from th...
October 19, 2022
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ReutersN.Korea fires shots to warn S.Korea, urges ‘enemies’ to stop causing tensions -KCNA
SEOUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday said it fired warning shots toward its east and w...
October 19, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentPrime Minister Kishida launches probe into Unification Church amid slumping approval ratings
Fears of a further decline in the Cabinet’s approval rating have spurred Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...
October 19, 2022
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General NewsSheaves in the sun
Harvested rice dries in the sun in the Owarabi terraced paddy fields in Yamanobe, Yamagata Prefectur...
October 19, 2022
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General NewsFailure to attract visitors to Virtual Osaka metaverse bodes ill for promoting 2025 Expo
OSAKA — Japan’s second largest city is virtually empty these days, at least in the metaverse. Virtu...
October 18, 2022
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General NewsVeteran comedian Koji Nakamoto hit by car, seriously injured
Veteran comedian Koji Nakamoto sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a car when he was ...
October 18, 2022
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Crime & CourtsFormer Tokyo Games executive indicted for 3rd time
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing c...
October 18, 2022
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CompaniesTEPCO raises flounder in Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s ‘treated water’ to underline ‘safety’
FUKUSHIMA — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. is raising flounder in so-called treated wat...
October 18, 2022
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General NewsClinical trial of CBD medicine to start in Japan
The Japanese arm of U.K. firm GW Pharmaceuticals plans to start clinical trials as early as this mo...
October 18, 2022