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Soccer World CupHarmony, communication key to Japan’s progress at World Cup
Japan’s national soccer team made it to the World Cup round of 16 for the second consecutive tournam...
December 15, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (December 15)
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December 15, 2022
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Asia-PacificLGBTQ people remain outcasts in Muslim world
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — On the outskirts of Yogyakarta is a small boarding school with a missio...
December 15, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialAccelerate creation of international system to get nation through winter
Whether the people of Ukraine, who have been cut off from electricity and heating due to Russian att...
December 15, 2022
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ReutersRising climate costs to challenge countries, companies in 2023
Dec 14 (Reuters) - In a year marked by yet more climate-linked floods, hurricanes and droughts, gove...
December 15, 2022
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Asia-PacificSchool gives autistic Chinese youth a voice through language of music
BEIJING (Reuters) — Almost three years of pandemic restrictions have been hard for 23-year-old Chine...
December 15, 2022
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Asia-PacificADB cuts developing Asia growth projection
MANILA (AFP-Jiji) — The Asian Development Bank trimmed its economic growth forecast for developing A...
December 15, 2022
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ReutersBiden says U.S. is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an agreement aimed at bols...
December 15, 2022
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Associated PressDiplomats: UN blocks Myanmar military from taking UN seat
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking th...
December 15, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Philippines: Nation ramping up talks with some countries on nuclear power deals
The Philippines is looking into possible nuclear deals with South Korea, France and China, as Presid...
December 15, 2022
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Film & TVJapanese film narrators still active around the world
Katsudo benshi, or film narrators, practice a unique form of Japanese film culture born at the end o...
December 15, 2022
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ReutersEx-Twitter worker gets 3-1/2-year U.S. prison term for spying for Saudi Arabia
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec 14 (Reuters) - A former Twitter Inc manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabi...
December 15, 2022
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Associated PressUkraine: Russian strikes thwarted, wreckage hits buildings
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surro...
December 15, 2022
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Associated PressFed raises key rate by half-point and signals more to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key in...
December 15, 2022
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Associated Press3 dead in Louisiana as US storm spawns Southern tornadoes
KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) — A volatile storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes blamed for killing...
December 15, 2022