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Washington PostSurge of Homicides in D.C. Leaves 13 Dead in August’s First 5 Days
WASHINGTON - A surge of shootings in D.C. that left 13 people dead in the first five days of August ...
August 7, 2023
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General NewsTokyo Examines Tighter Rules for Billboard Trucks
A council advising the Tokyo metropolitan government on billboard trucks has started discussing tigh...
August 7, 2023
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Wider WorldYoung Bangladeshis Push for Climate Action but Workers Left Out
DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — In fast-growing Dhaka, which is losing what is left of its gree...
August 7, 2023
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Social SeriesAmazing Nippon / Fun and Games: Claw Machine, Capsule Toy Arcades Prove Hit with Overseas Visitors
Excitement bubbled among a group of overseas visitors as they tried to snare a claw-machine prize at...
August 7, 2023
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General NewsSendai’s Famous Tanabata Festival Returns in Full
SENDAI — The Sendai Tanabata Festival, one of the most famous summer festivals in the Tohoku region,...
August 7, 2023
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Japan In FocusTokyo: Apartment of Cultural Property in Suginami
Walking east from Ogikubo Station through a quiet residential area of Suginami Ward, Tokyo, I saw a ...
August 7, 2023
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General NewsRussia Criticizes U.S. Over 1945 Atomic Bombing
Russia has criticized the U.S. for dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II....
August 7, 2023
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ReutersPope Says Church Open to Everyone, Including LGBT People, but Has Rules
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that the Catholic Church is op...
August 7, 2023
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ObituariesDaimler Truck CFO Jochen Goetz Dies in ‘Tragic Accident’
FRANKFURT, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Daimler Truck's DTGGe.DE Chief Financial Officer Jochen Goetz has died ...
August 7, 2023
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ReutersNiger Closes Airspace as It Refuses to Reinstate President
NIAMEY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threa...
August 7, 2023
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ReutersTwo Dead, 30 Missing after Migrant Shipwrecks Off Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant ship...
August 7, 2023
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ReutersPakistan Ex-Pm Imran Khan’s Lawyers Cannot Reach Him in Jail
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan's lawyers could not reach hi...
August 7, 2023
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ReutersUkraine Says U.S and German Air Defense Systems ‘Highly Effective’
KYIV, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine is seeing "significant results" from U.S. and German air defense sys...
August 7, 2023
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General NewsNagasaki Atomic Bomb Ceremony Scaled Down Due to Typhoon
NAGASAKI — The 78th ceremony marking the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki scheduled Wednesday will be...
August 7, 2023
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Associated PressUkraine Replaces Soviet Hammer and Sickle with Trident on Towering Kyiv Monument
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recogniza...
August 7, 2023