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Europe
Liz Truss set to become UK prime minister
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the party’s new...
September 5, 2022
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Companies
‘Second’ freezers, refrigerators riding high on COVID wave
Compact freezers and refrigerators are gaining popularity amid the spread of the novel coronavirus a...
September 5, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Games bribery case leads to ad agency Daiko
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Public prosecutors raided Daiko Advertising Inc.’s headquarters Monday over a ...
September 5, 2022
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Associated Press
7 dead after powerful quake shakes southwest China
BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake killed at least seven people, triggered landslides and shook resi...
September 5, 2022
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Associated Press
UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year
MOGADISHU (AP) — The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indicatio...
September 5, 2022
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Defense & Security
China joins Russian military drills to divert attention from Taiwan
SHENYANG/NEW DELHI — China has dispatched its army, navy and air force to take part in Russia’s larg...
September 5, 2022
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Washington Post
Record hot labor market has Minnesota scrambling for workers
MANKATO, Minn. - A construction company needs workers so badly, they're flying them in from Puerto R...
September 5, 2022
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Washington Post
At historic Black D.C. landmark, a legacy of uplift carries on
It would be easy to walk past the handsome building at 1200 U Street NW and not consider its history...
September 5, 2022
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Washington Post
Whites then Blacks abandoned Jackson, propelling its water crisis
JACKSON, Miss. - Alecia McCarty awakens every morning wondering whether water will flow from her tap...
September 5, 2022
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General News
Tokyo’s Shiba Park Oktoberfest held for first time in 3 years
People chat and drink on Saturday at the “Shiba Park Oktoberfest 2022 in front of Onarimon Station” ...
September 5, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
China: AI companionship offers a new option for lonely singles
Liu Shuqi broke up with her boyfriend two months ago and has now found a new companion. The handsom...
September 5, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japanese ambassador visits Kyiv with view toward reopening embassy
Japan is the only Group of Seven member yet to reopen its embassy in Ukraine, but that might soon ch...
September 5, 2022
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Politics & Government
Poll: 56% disapprove of govt decision to hold Abe state funeral
In a nationwide opinion poll, 38% of respondents approved of the government’s decision to hold a sta...
September 5, 2022
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Politics & Government
Support for Kishida Cabinet holds at 50%, nearly unchanged from previous poll
A nationwide poll by The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted Friday through Sunday found that the approval ra...
September 5, 2022
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Washington Post
Florida let them vote. Then DeSantis’s election police arrested them.
BELLE GLADE, Fla. - When Leo Grant Jr. cast his ballot in the 2020 election, it was the first time t...
September 5, 2022