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Associated Press
Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to halt the...
August 23, 2022
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Associated Press
New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as nev...
August 23, 2022
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Associated Press
Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a househo...
August 23, 2022
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Associated Press
Placido Domingo’s name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of...
August 23, 2022
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Associated Press
Kenya presidential vote loser files Supreme Court challenge
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court c...
August 23, 2022
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Environment
‘Totoro’s forests’ threatened by oak wilt disease
A contagious disease known as oak wilt is spreading in oak forests on the Sayama Hills that straddle...
August 23, 2022
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Associated Press
Study: Already shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting faster
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the ear...
August 23, 2022
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Social Series
Reality of overseas organ transplants / Kidney patient enters world of under-the-table payoffs
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was c...
August 23, 2022
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General News
Health ministry to create monitoring system to manage supplies of drugs, test kits
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to create a system to centrally monitor the production ...
August 23, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Major Japan menswear firm ‘pressed for lower sponsorship fees’ after Tokyo Games postponed
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, may ha...
August 22, 2022
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Baseball
Title for Tohoku, at last
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School players celebrate the Miyagi Prefecture school’s historic win in the...
August 22, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 15,085 new cases of COVID-19
Tokyo reported 15,085 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down 8,050 from the same d...
August 22, 2022
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Economy
Firms turning to ‘evangelists’ to boost IT understanding
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese corporations are increasingly employing “evangelists” to promote and i...
August 22, 2022
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Associated Press
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran K...
August 22, 2022
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Reuters
S. Korea, U.S. begin largest military drills in years amid N. Korea backlash
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in yea...
August 22, 2022