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MarketsDollar forecast to weaken against yen in 2023
Tokyo, Jan. 1 (Jiji Press)—The dollar is forecast to weaken against the yen in 2023 as the interest ...
January 1, 2023
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ReutersTaiwan president offers China help to deal with COVID surge
TAIPEI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide China with "nec...
January 1, 2023
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Imperial FamilyJapan’s Emperor, Empress receive New Year’s greetings
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Emperor and Empress received New Year’s greetings from other Imperial famil...
January 1, 2023
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General NewsNew Year’s 1st sunrise seen amid fine weather in Tokyo
The New Year got off to a good start in terms of weather on the Pacific coasts of Japan on Sunday. ...
January 1, 2023
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Asia-PacificNorth Korea’s Kim orders new ICBM, bigger nuclear arsenal amid tension
SEOUL, Jan 1 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ...
January 1, 2023
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Washington PostMissiles rain down on Ukraine as Putin gives combative New Year speech
As Moscow launched a fresh barrage of strikes against Ukraine on Saturday, Russian President Vladimi...
January 1, 2023
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Washington PostCommanders keys vs. Browns: Run the dang ball, pummel Deshaun Watson
The Washington Commanders (7-7-1) will host what is effectively a playoff game Sunday against the Cl...
January 1, 2023
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Washington PostHow Benedict’s death could reshape the Catholic Church
VATICAN CITY - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's death Saturday is an epochal loss for a church that was ...
January 1, 2023
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Washington PostAs war drags on, young Ukrainians are rethinking their futures
KYIV, Ukraine - For at least one night, they thought, they would use the basement of the university ...
January 1, 2023
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Washington PostThe talented Mr. Santos: A congressman-elect’s unraveling web of deception
The Republican who won a congressional seat on Long Island before his claims of being a wealthy, bir...
January 1, 2023
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Associated PressUkraine conflict casts shadow on Russia as it enters 2023
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather ...
January 1, 2023
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Associated PressTroubles aside, Xi says China on ‘right side of history’
BEIJING (AP) — China “stands on the right side of history,” the country's leader Xi Jinping said Sat...
January 1, 2023
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Associated PressRussian strikes intensify as Ukrainians return for holiday
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine on Saturday, killing at ...
January 1, 2023
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Japan In FocusLocal company in Nagano turning old house, community center into ‘decentralized hotel’
NAGANO — A project is underway to convert a vacant old house and an aging public facility into accom...
January 1, 2023
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TroubleshooterMy son has not attended school for about six months
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a man in my 40s, and live with my wife and two sons. My younger son, who i...
January 1, 2023