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Defense & SecurityJapan Condemns N. Korea Missile Launch in Joint Statement with 3 Nations
VILNIUS — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued a joint statement with the leaders of South Korea, Aus...
July 13, 2023
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Washington PostWinning Friends by Training Workers is China’s New Gambit
PONOROGO, Indonesia - The rice fields in this part of East Java are still plowed by buffalo. There i...
July 13, 2023
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Business SeriesEconomic Security Issues / China Pushing Domestic Production for Key Technologies
In China, President Xi Jinping’s administration is intensifying moves to fully domesticate and insul...
July 13, 2023
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Asia-PacificPhilippines’ Women Seaweed Farmers Proud for Families and Send Children to College
BALINTANG, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Despite the ravages of storms, seaweed farming...
July 13, 2023
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Associated PressThousands of Ukraine Civilians are being Held in Russian Prisons. Russia Plans to Build Many More
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined...
July 13, 2023
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ReutersWanted Hong Kong Activist Fears for Safety, Hopes for US Asylum
July 12 (Reuters) – For Anna Kwok, a Washington-based Hong Kong activist, the imposition of a Hong K...
July 13, 2023
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Washington PostD.C. Council Passed an Emergency Crime Bill. Here’s What It would Do.
WASHINGTON - The pressure's on: As D.C. confronts a violent summer, the mayor and city council are b...
July 13, 2023
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ReutersUN Asks Putin to Extend Black Sea Grain Deal in Return for SWIFT Access -Sources
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed to Russian ...
July 13, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Prosecutors Risk Loss of Public Trust by Prolonging Elderly Man’s Ordeal
It has already been more than 40 years since the defendant first petitioned for a retrial. The point...
July 13, 2023
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Travel Spots‘Floating’ Torii Gate Creates Picturesque Scene at Shiga Pref. Pond
A torii gate stands mostly submerged in a pond in Koga, Shiga Prefecture, and it has gone viral as t...
July 13, 2023
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Washington PostChinese Hackers Breach Email of Commerce Secretary Raimondo and State Department Officials
Chinese cyberspies, exploiting a fundamental gap in Microsoft's cloud, hacked email accounts at the ...
July 13, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Provide Drone Detection Systems to Ukraine, Kishida Says
VILNIUS — Japan will provide war-torn Ukraine with nonlethal equipment, including a system to detect...
July 13, 2023
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Washington PostFox News Sued for Defamation by Man Named in Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories
Fox News, which recently settled two separate high-profile legal challenges for approximately $800 m...
July 13, 2023
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ReutersChina’s Security Drive Hits Embassy Activities, LGBT Events, Some Diplomats Say
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, July 13 (Reuters) – Some diplomats in China say they are facing heightened scrutin...
July 13, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Cyber-Attack on Logistics Hub Highlights Need to Strengthen Preventive Measures
An unusual situation occurred in which one of Japan’s largest trading ports was brought to a functio...
July 13, 2023