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Associated Press
Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian a...
May 1, 2022
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Reuters
Big Fed rate hikes ahead, amid early signs hot inflation is peaking
U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers look set to deliver a series of aggressive interest rate hikes at ...
May 1, 2022
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Companies
Toyota unveils 1st exclusively electric model under Lexus brand
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled details of the RZ, the first exclusively electric vehicle model unde...
May 1, 2022
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General News
Terraced planting tradition
People plant rice at the Oyama Senmaida terraced paddies in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday....
May 1, 2022
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Companies
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ATMs disrupted due to glitch
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. on Saturday said that a computer system glitch i...
May 1, 2022
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General News
Mom and daughter enroll at police academy at same time
SENDAI — A mother and daughter from Sendai have made policing history by becoming the first parent a...
May 1, 2022
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General News
Golden Week getaways begin without pandemic restrictions
Transport facilities were crowded with travelers at the start of the Golden Week holiday, which has ...
April 30, 2022
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General News
IAEA sees only limited impact of Fukushima water release
BERLIN (Jiji Press) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team Friday said it sees only a limited ...
April 30, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida looks to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN leaders during overseas tour
JAKARTA — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday, k...
April 30, 2022
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Washington Post
The border wall Trump called unclimbable is taking a grim toll
SAN DIEGO – In the trauma wards of this city’s major hospitals, patients from the border have arrive...
April 30, 2022
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Reuters
Ukraine says Russia stole ‘several hundred thousand tonnes’ of grain
KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces have stolen “several hundred thousand tonnes” of grain in the areas ...
April 30, 2022
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Reuters
SPECIAL REPORT-How military technology reaches Russia in breach of U.S. export controls
By his own account, Ilias Sabirov, a Moscow businessman, had supplied Russia’s military with high-pe...
April 30, 2022
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General News
Search planned for interior of sunken sightseeing boat off Hokkaido
SHARI, Hokkaido — The 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters began searching inside the sunken Kazu I...
April 30, 2022
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Reuters
Former tennis champion Becker jailed in UK bankruptcy case
LONDON (Reuters) – German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a Lon...
April 30, 2022
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Reuters
Huge traffic jams as Indonesia’s Eid al-Fitr holiday exodus starts
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of millions of Indonesian Muslims are expected to travel back to their home...
April 30, 2022