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General NewsVictims of Hiroshima Landslides Remembered 10 Years On
Hiroshima (Jiji Press)—A memorial event was held Tuesday for more than 70 victims of heavy rain-c...
August 20, 2024
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Crime & CourtsTokyo MPD Expands Team for Initial Cybercrime Investigations
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has expanded a team for initial cyber...
August 20, 2024
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BaseballRed Sox Masataka Yoshida Hits Two-Run Homer; Astros Starter Yusei Kikuchi Gives Up Three Runs in 5 2/3 Innings: Astros Beat Red Sox 5-4
HOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Diaz's tiebreaking solo homer with one out in the ninth inning lifted the H...
August 20, 2024
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General NewsMexican Man Who Landed on Japan’s Senkaku Islands Referred to Prosecutors for Not Completing Departure Procedures
NAHA — The Ishigaki Coast Guard Office sent papers to public prosecutors Monday on a Mexican man ...
August 20, 2024
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (August 20)
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August 20, 2024
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CompaniesKobayashi Pharma Starts Accepting Compensation Requests
Osaka (Jiji Press)—Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday started accepting requests for compensa...
August 20, 2024
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ObituariesPhil Donahue, Whose Pioneering Daytime Talk Show Launched An Indelible Television Genre, Has Died
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brou...
August 20, 2024
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ReutersUS Condemns ‘Dangerous Actions’ by China against Philippine Vessels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department condemned "dangerous actions" by China on Monday...
August 20, 2024
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ReutersNorth Korean Soldier Defects to the South, Yonhap Reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early on Tuesday crossing the mi...
August 20, 2024
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ReutersKyiv: Our Kursk Attack Shows Kremlin Red Lines Are Bluff
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday his country's assault on ...
August 20, 2024
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ReutersHard-pressed Kenyan Drivers Defy Uber’s Algorithm, Set Their Own Fares
NAIROBI (Reuters) - In eight years of working as a taxi driver in Kenya's capital, Judith Chepkwo...
August 20, 2024
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ReutersBritish Entrepreneur Mike Lynch among Missing after Luxury Yacht Sinks Off Sicily
PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entr...
August 20, 2024
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Associated PressBlinken Says Israel OKs a Plan to Break the Cease-fire Impasse and Urges Hamas to Do the Same
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accept...
August 20, 2024
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Associated PressTrump is Visiting Battleground States This Week as He Struggles to Adjust to Harris as His New Rival
YORK, Pa. (AP) — As Democrats kick off their convention in Chicago, Donald Trump is trying to reg...
August 20, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan LDP to Hold Leadership Election on Sept. 27
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Tuesday to hold its upcoming l...
August 20, 2024