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Asia-PacificPakistan: The nation’s passport remains 4th-worst in the world
The Pakistani passport continues to be the fourth-worst in the world, not changing its position from...
August 13, 2022
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Japan In FocusKochi: Lovable baddie Baikinman gets his left horn back
KOCHI — A stone statue of Baikinman, a character from the popular manga Anpanman, had its horn broke...
August 13, 2022
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TechnologyJapan, U.S. rocketing ahead with lunar infrastructure plans
The U.S.-led Artemis Program is shooting for the moon. The international lunar exploration program h...
August 13, 2022
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EconomyJapan Govt eyes measures to maintain wheat prices
The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering keeping the price of imported whea...
August 13, 2022
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General NewsKanazawa temple keeps 300 photos of soldiers entrusted by mothers praying for safety
Seventy-seven years after the war ended, a Kanazawa temple keeps about 300 portraits of soldiers tha...
August 13, 2022
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Washington PostD.C. had a plan to end chronic homelessness. Why isn’t it working yet?
WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C., had a plan to become the city that ended chronic homelessness. Boost...
August 13, 2022
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Travel SpotsKagoshima: Fans flock to JR’s southmost station
IBUSUKI, Kagoshima — Train fans nationwide come to see an unmanned station in Kagoshima Prefecture w...
August 13, 2022
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Washington PostU.N. urges demilitarization at nuclear plant; first wheat ship sets sail
The United Nations appealed for a demilitarized zone to protect a nuclear plant in southern Ukraine,...
August 13, 2022
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Washington PostClimate funding in spending bill could move innovative tech into daily reality
Billions in tax credits to make electric vehicles cheaper. Hefty fees for high-polluting gas and oil...
August 13, 2022
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Baseball‘A lot of emotions’: Juan Soto, in a Padres uniform, returns to D.C.
Just after 2 p.m. Friday, Juan Soto walked down the long ramp from the players’ parking lot at Natio...
August 13, 2022
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Washington PostHouse passes Inflation Reduction Act, sending bill to Biden
WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Friday approved a sprawling bill to lower prescription drug costs, a...
August 13, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (August 13)
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August 13, 2022
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Climate ChangeDriest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — As much of Europe bakes in a third heat wave since June, fears are growing that e...
August 13, 2022
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Climate ChangeHotter summers mean almost all Florida turtles are born female
MARATHON, Fla. (Reuters) — Florida’s sea turtles are grappling with a gender imbalance made worse by...
August 13, 2022
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EnvironmentFlorida town hurries to eradicate fast-spreading snail
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AFP-Jiji) — It might not be speedy, but it’s big, hungry and fast at reproduc...
August 13, 2022