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ReutersFed Unveils Oversized Rate Cut as It Gains ‘Greater Confidence’ about Inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kicked off an anticipated series of int...
September 19, 2024
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Associated PressInstagram Makes Teen Accounts Private as Pressure Mounts on the App to Protect Children
Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for c...
September 19, 2024
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Steals 49th Base in Dodgers’ 8-4 Win over Marlins
MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base and moved closer to becoming the first player in m...
September 19, 2024
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ScienceBlood Tests Allow Estimates of Women’s Cardio Risks, Study Says
Women’s heart disease risks and their need to start taking preventive medications should be evalu...
September 19, 2024
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ReutersHezbollah Devices Explode Again in Lebanon, Raising Fears of Wider Israel Conflict
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across L...
September 19, 2024
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (September 19)
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September 19, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average at over Two-Week Closing High as Exporters Advance on Weaker Yen (Update 2)
The Nikkei rose 2.13% to end at 37,155.33, its highest close since Sept. 3.
...September 19, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Icom Investigating Radio Devices Carrying Its Logo after Lebanon Blasts
TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc said on Thursday that it was i...
September 19, 2024
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General NewsTyphoon Pulasan Passes Through Japan’s Okinawa Island; Expected to Reach Mainland China
Typhoon Pulasan, also known as Typhoon No. 14, has already passed Okinawa Island as of 9:50 a.m. ...
September 19, 2024
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General NewsJapan’s Tohoku Shinkansen Bullet Train Cars Decouple While Moving; Services between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori resume (Update 2)
A Tokyo-bound Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train was forced to make an emergency stop after the coupl...
September 19, 2024
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Crime & CourtsBoy Stabbed Near Japanese School in China’s Shenzhen Dies; Tension Builds in Japanese Community (Update 1)
SHENZHEN, China — A boy stabbed while walking to a Japanese school in southern China on Wednesday...
September 19, 2024
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Wider WorldGaza Polio Vaccination Rate Likely Exceeds 90％; UNRWA Health Director Praises ‘Miraculous’ Rollout
JERUSALEM — The polio vaccination rate seemed to have reached over 90% in the Palestinian territo...
September 19, 2024
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CompaniesJapan’s Sake Breweries Enter Digital Era with Production Aid; Optimizes Timing of Key Steps of Process
At Mizutani Shuzo, a sake brewery in Aichi Prefecture that dates back to the late Edo period, Miw...
September 19, 2024
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Art17th-Century Fusuma Panel Painting Counterparts Found in Aomori Pref., London; Search for Identity of Artist Continues
Two sets of fusuma sliding panel paintings created more than 400 years ago — one owned by a long-...
September 18, 2024
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ReutersAlaska, Hawaiian can close merger, DOT says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it had agreed to allow ...
September 18, 2024