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Wider WorldA Growing Number of LGBTQ+ Russians Seek Refuge in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day ...
June 5, 2023
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Crime & CourtsHigh Court Rejects Retrial of Woman, 95, for 1979 Murder
MIYAZAKI (Jiji Press) — A high court in southwestern Japan decided Monday not to grant a 95-year-old...
June 5, 2023
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ReutersRussia Starts Naval Exercises in Japan and Okhotsk Seas Waters
Russia's Pacific Fleet forces have started operational exercises in the waters of the Sea of Japan a...
June 5, 2023
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Travel SpotsPrayers Held for Start of Climbing Season in Tottori
TOTTORI ― Climbers and officials from the Tottori Prefectural Police pray Sunday morning for safe cl...
June 5, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialUtilize Multilayered Discussions to Bolster Deterrence
Defense ministers and other individuals from countries in and around Asia actively exchanged views o...
June 5, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Ordinance Should Make Pet Owners More Aware of Danger to Ecosystem
When invasive animal species brought from overseas become established in Japan, they have a negative...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressRussia Says It Thwarted Attack in Donetsk; Unclear If This Was Start of Ukrainian Counteroffensive
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry announced early Monday its forces had thwarted a larg...
June 5, 2023
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Washington PostTaliban Moving Senior Officials to Kandahar. Will It Mean a Harder Line?
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Before Sept. 11, 2001, this remote, sand-swept border city in southwestern A...
June 5, 2023
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Washington PostNATO-trained Units Will Serve as Tip of Spear in Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
When Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive finally begins, the fight will be led by brigades armed...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressNavalny Supporters Hold Demonstrations to Mark Russian Opposition Leader’s 47th Birthday
MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters defied a cr...
June 5, 2023
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Japan In FocusStudents Plant Seedlings to Keep Terraces in Production
KAI, Yamanashi — Eight Kofu First High School students planted rice seedlings with local elementary ...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressDeSantis Hits Trump from the Right While the Ex-President Looks Ahead to the General Election
NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ro...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressChina Defends Buzzing American Warship in Taiwan Strait, Accuses US of Provoking Beijing
SINGAPORE (AP) — China's defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American ...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressHundreds of Thousands March in Poland Anti-Government Protests to Show Support for Democracy
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people marched in an anti-government protest in Polan...
June 5, 2023
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Associated PressUkraine Keeps Up Pressure Following Russian Declaration of Victory in Bakhmut
OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Watching imagery from a drone camera overhead, Ukrainian battalion c...
June 5, 2023