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Reuters
Top EU official backs multi-trillion plan to rebuild Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European official has backed a multi-trillion-euro “Marshall”-style plan...
May 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first ...
May 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group
NEW YORK (AP) — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while ...
May 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Senate confirms Black economist to Federal Reserve Board
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed economist Phillip Jefferson to the Federal Reserve’s Board of...
May 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war cr...
May 12, 2022
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Associated Press
North Korea raises alarm after confirming 1st COVID-19 case
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea announced its first coronavirus infection more than two years ...
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Ukraine reports battlefield gains as Europe’s energy worries grow
KYIV/VILKHIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday reported pushing back Moscow’s forces in a...
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Ukraine proposes swapping injured Azovstal defenders for Russia prisoners
Ukraine has proposed to Russia that badly injured defenders in the Azovstal plant in the port of Mar...
May 12, 2022
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Defense & Security
Diet approves legislation to promote economic security
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet on Wednesday enacted a bill on promoting economic security, one of the...
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Pro-Moscow leaders of occupied region seek to join Russia, Zelenskiy slams ‘collaborators’
The Russian-occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine plans to ask President Vladimir Putin to incorpora...
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
UK strikes new security agreement with Sweden and Finland
HELSINKI (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said he had agreed new deals...
May 12, 2022
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Coronavirus
More govt power over hospitals eyed amid infection surge
The government is considering giving central and prefectural governments more power over medical ins...
May 12, 2022
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Imperial Family
Public interested in Prince Hisahito’s pedagogical environment
Prince Hisahito, 15, the son of Crown Prince Akishino, started studying at the University of Tsukuba...
May 12, 2022
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Europe
Can human urine help feed the world?
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — “Go pee on the rhubarb!” Engineer Fabien Esculier has never forgotten his grand...
May 11, 2022
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General News
Okinawa 50 yrs since return / Experts stress geopolitical importance at symposium
NAHA — The significance of Okinawa amid the increasingly severe security environment in East Asia wa...
May 11, 2022