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ReutersWagner Mutineers Included Russian Convicts Freed to Fight in Ukraine
TBILISI, June 28 (Reuters) - The Wagner Group mercenaries who seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-D...
June 29, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialIrresponsible Tour Plan has Led to Catastrophe
Technological advances are making it possible for ordinary people to visit the deep seas and space. ...
June 29, 2023
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General News17 Eye-Catching Public Restrooms Now Available in Shibuya, Tokyo
17 distinctive public restrooms, including two shielded by transparent glass and another designed by...
June 29, 2023
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ReutersUS Mulls New Export Restriction on Computing Power in AI Chips
June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. officials are considering tightening an export control rule designed to slo...
June 29, 2023
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Wider World
Migrants in UAE Turn to Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain to Send Remittances Home
Thomson Reuters Foundation [posttime] JST, [postdate] Muhammed Bilal used to have to wait his t...
June 29, 2023
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Books & LiteratureBound to Please / Hayabusa2 Took a Pinch of Ryugu; a Novelist Imagines Taking Tons of It
Call me irrational, but as a resident of Japan I have somewhat proprietary feelings about the astero...
June 29, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Actively Field More Female Candidates in Elections
Even now that women’s participation in society is taken for granted, high hurdles still stand in the...
June 29, 2023
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BaseballKodai Senga Allowed Two Runs and Struck Out Eight in Five Innings: Brewers to a 5-2 Win over Mets
Brewers starter Wade Miley gave up two runs in four innings. Mets starter Kodai Senga allowed two ru...
June 29, 2023
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (June 29)
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June 29, 2023
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General NewsPark near Imperial Palace to Get Revamp to Attract Foreign Tourists
Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to revamp Kitanomaru Garden north of ...
June 29, 2023
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Associated PressPresident Biden Has Started Using a CPAP Machine at Night to Deal with Sleep Apnea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden in recent weeks has started using a continuous positive airway...
June 29, 2023
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ReutersSecond Night of Unrest Erupts in France after Police Shoot Teenager
PARIS, June 28 (Reuters) - Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working cl...
June 29, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Tax Revenue Tops 71 T. Yen in FY 2022
Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government’s general-account tax revenue exceeded ¥71 trill...
June 29, 2023
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Associated PressSpace Disco Cowboy? Couples Ditch Traditional Wedding Dress Codes in Favor of Out-there Themes
NEW YORK (AP) — “Space Disco Cowboy.” “Yacht Shabbat.” “Burning Man Formal”? More couples are tossin...
June 29, 2023
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Associated PressA Wagner Ex-convict Returned from War and a Russian Village Lived in Fear. Then He Killed Again
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three months ago...
June 29, 2023