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Associated PressZombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches...
August 30, 2022
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Associated PressEXPLAINER: Pakistan fatal flooding has hallmarks of warming
The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding ...
August 30, 2022
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Associated PressClashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politic...
August 30, 2022
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Political SeriesLessons from Ukraine / SDF lags China in drone development race
On the morning of July 25, a Chinese TB-001 strike and reconnaissance drone took off near Shanghai. ...
August 30, 2022
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EuropeUkraine teachers set up shelters before face-to-face classes resumes
KYIV — Teachers at an elementary school in Kyiv are busy preparing a shelter ahead of the start of f...
August 30, 2022
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CompaniesJapanese companies business suspensions in Russia hurting bottom lines
Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, adverse effects on Japanese companies operating in Ru...
August 30, 2022
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General NewsForeign students finally returning to Japanese universities
Many foreign students have returned to their Japanese universities for the first time in two years, ...
August 30, 2022
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General NewsBan to be lifted on private weather firms providing forecasting services related to floods, landslides
The Japan Meteorological Agency has decided to lift a ban on private weather-information companies ...
August 29, 2022
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Wider WorldAfricans view Chinese-style aid, influence positively while Japan’s efforts leave little impression
TUNIS — Even at the end of an eighth Japan-led international conference on African development, Japa...
August 29, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs 9,880 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 9,880 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down 5,205 from the same d...
August 29, 2022
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MarketsNikkei drops below 28,000
Tokyo stocks plunged Monday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average nose dived more than 1,000 points...
August 29, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialSwift decision-making holds key for government’s emergency authorizations
China’s military drills around Taiwan have highlighted the likelihood that Japan could become caught...
August 29, 2022
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ReutersIAEA team to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant this week
KYIV/VIENNA (Reuters) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog will inspect the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclea...
August 29, 2022
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Defense & SecurityU.S. fires Javelin anti-tank missile in Japan for 1st time as Orient Shield 22 joint drills begin
KUMAMOTO — The U.S. military’s Javelin portable anti-tank missile was fired for the first time in Ja...
August 29, 2022
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BaseballBoy with cancer throws opening pitch on dream mound
Kanta Utsunomiya, 11, who joined the Chiba Lotte Marines through a charity that supports children un...
August 29, 2022