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Associated Press
US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them
The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related...
May 5, 2022
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Reuters
Sweden says it received U.S. security assurances if it hands in NATO application
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has received assurances from the United States that it would receive s...
May 5, 2022
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Soccer
Soccer-Real fight back from the brink to stun Man City
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid fought back from the brink of elimination to beat Manchester City 3-...
May 5, 2022
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Reuters
Ukraine says it is ‘ready’ if Belarus joins Russian war effort
KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv will be ready if Belarus’s armed forces join Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, ...
May 5, 2022
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Reuters
Prolonged truce needed for Mariupol evacuations, Ukraine’s president says
KYIV (Reuters) - Civilians including women and children are still trapped inside Ukraine’s besieged...
May 5, 2022
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Reuters
Fed lifts rates by half point, starts balance sheet reduction June 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rat...
May 5, 2022
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Reuters
Russia bars entry for 63 Japanese, including Prime Minister Kishida
May 4 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese off...
May 5, 2022
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General News
More remains believed to be human and clothes found near campsite in Yamanashi where a girl went missing in 2019
KOFU, Yamanashi – Police found more remains Wednesday believed to be those of a human being in Doshi...
May 5, 2022
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Companies
HondaJet flight service to be tested this year
A transportation service using the domestically produced HondaJet light business jet is scheduled to...
May 5, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida, Pope Francis affirm cooperation for nuclear-free world
ROME (Jiji Press) — Visiting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Pope Francis agreed Wednesday to coope...
May 4, 2022
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Climate Change
Overuse, climate change kill off Iraq’s Sawa Lake
SAWA LAKE, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — A “No Fishing” sign on the edge of Iraq’s western desert is one of the ...
May 4, 2022
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Climate Change
Restoring damaged land key to climate, biodiversity goals
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Unsustainable farming is on track to increase the amount of severely degraded lan...
May 4, 2022
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Companies
Glamping in Japan attracting more people, investment
FUKUOKA—An increasing number of businesses are cashing in on the vogue for glamping — outdoor campin...
May 4, 2022
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Defense & Security
Kishida stresses willingness to include SDF in top law
In a video message released on the Constitution Day national holiday on Tuesday, Prime Minister Fum...
May 4, 2022
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Reuters
N.Korea mobilises office workers to fight drought amid food shortages
North Korea’s office workers and factory labourers have been dispatched to farming areas around the ...
May 4, 2022