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Associated PressPakistan appeals for more aid for 33M affected by flooding
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an “immense humanitar...
September 4, 2022
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DeliciousHarvest of seasonal pears begins
Workers sort pears by color and shape, then pack them into boxes at a fruit-sorting facility in Shir...
September 4, 2022
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Associated PressGorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin
MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is set to be buried Saturday in a ceremony f...
September 4, 2022
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Associated PressUkraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-co...
September 4, 2022
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Travel SpotsHyogo: Miffy rides Hankyu line trains
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo — Trains covered in designs of Miffy, the popular white rabbit character created b...
September 4, 2022
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Associated PressLeak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forc...
September 4, 2022
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Travel SpotsNara: E-scooters for rent in old town
NARA — Electric scooters are being rented out to tourists in the Naramachi district, the old town of...
September 4, 2022
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Japan In FocusHiroshima: Demons drum up rain for good harvest
MIHARA, Hiroshima — People dressed as demons and wearing happi festival coats beat drums and gongs t...
September 4, 2022
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Political SeriesLessons from Ukraine / Evacuation plans for remote islands, urban areas lack feasibility
Six months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine. Since the conflict began, new modes of war and ...
September 4, 2022
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YIESU.S. ambassador: Japan-U.S. alliance has entered era of ‘projection’ into Indo-Pacific
The Japan-U.S. alliance has entered an era of “projection” into the Indo-Pacific from one focused o...
September 4, 2022
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Defense & SecurityChinese military aircraft crossed Taiwan Strait median line 300 times in month of ‘key military exercises’
BEIJING / TAIPEI — Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait a total of...
September 3, 2022
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General NewsPlan mooted to submerge reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
The Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. (NDF) is considering the feas...
September 3, 2022
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Travel SpotsGhibli Park to open in Japan in 2 months
Ghibli Park will open its gates in eight weeks’ time at the park to commemorate Expo 2005 Aichi in N...
September 3, 2022
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Crime & CourtsArrested Tokyo 2020 exec linked to another shady sponsorship deal
The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member already under arrest in an Olympics-relat...
September 3, 2022
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Asia-PacificNepal: Death rate for chronic lung disease is the world’s highest
On Aug. 19, a 32-year-old man from Kapilvastu district was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teac...
September 3, 2022