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General NewsToyosu tuna auction reopens to public
The public was able to view tuna auctions at Tokyo’s Toyosu wholesale market for the first time in a...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressA frank exchange of views: French diplomats on rare strike
PARIS (AP) — Members of the French diplomatic corps are dropping their traditional reserve to go on ...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressAfghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop
WASHIR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cul...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressDivided again, Libya slides back toward violence, chaos
CAIRO (AP) — For many Libyans, clashes that erupted in the capital of Tripoli last month were all to...
June 2, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentGovt sets up new organization for ‘watch zones’
The government has set up a new organization following the partial enforcement Wednesday of a law re...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificSingapore: Tiles that support marine biodiversity added to seawalls
While seawalls are the traditional defense for Singapore’s coasts against rising sea levels, scienti...
June 2, 2022
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Cambodia: Rising fertilizer, pesticide, fuel prices slow rice farming
Although the monsoon season this year started with ample rainfall for growing rice, some farmers are...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificLaos: Fuel shortages causing hardships for motorists
Fuel businesses and importers are struggling to supply enough fuel to meet public demand due to fluc...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressNightclub needle attacks puzzle European authorities
PARIS (AP) — Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with ne...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressVocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee was rolling smoothly through the second day ...
June 2, 2022
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Wider WorldThe double life of Eva B, Pakistan’s veiled rapper
KARACHI (AFP-Jiji) — Pakistan’s breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, bu...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificShanghai lockdown over but China’s economy far from returning to normal
SHANGHAI — The lockdown imposed on Shanghai has been lifted after two months, but there is little li...
June 2, 2022
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General NewsWriter Mariko Hayashi ‘to be named Nihon University chair’
Writer Mariko Hayashi has been unofficially named the new chairperson of Nihon University in Tokyo, ...
June 2, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor Emeritus postpones visit to exhibition
The Emperor Emeritus’ visit to an exhibition in Tokyo on Thursday was postponed, as he appeared slig...
June 2, 2022
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Travel SpotsTohoku : Experience a dawn unlike any other at the Kamiwarizaki in Miyagi Prefecture
A phenomenon that is best observed over a span of one to two weeks in February and October each year...
June 2, 2022