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Associated PressUN takes step to put veto users under global spotlight
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly took a first step Tuesday to put the five permanent ...
April 27, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialEnhance deterrence by acquiring effective counteroffensive capabilities
The security environment surrounding Japan is becoming increasingly severe. There is a need to enhan...
April 27, 2022
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Economy
Department store sales see 4.6% rise
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sales at department stores in Japan in March rose 4.6% from a year earlier on a...
April 27, 2022
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ReutersPutin hopes talks with Ukraine will yield positive result
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine were continuing talks in an...
April 27, 2022
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Reuters
Russia says it has liberated Kherson region in southern Ukraine -Interfax
Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday said its forces had liberated the entire Kherson region in the...
April 27, 2022
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Associated PressAdministration expands availability of COVID antiviral pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is taking steps to expand availability of the...
April 27, 2022
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Reuters
Blasts heard in Russia’s Belgorod, nearby ammunition depot on fire – governor
A series of blasts was heard in the early hours of Wednesday in the Russian city Belgorod near the ...
April 27, 2022
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Associated PressCDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
NEW YORK (AP) — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and mo...
April 27, 2022
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ReutersPutin agrees to UN, Red Cross help to evacuate civilians from Mariupol steel plant -U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to U.N. and Inter...
April 27, 2022
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Reuters
U.N. expecting 8.3 mln refugees from Ukraine this year
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting some 8.3 million people to flee Ukra...
April 27, 2022
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Companies
New Nissan driving tech to help avoid accidents
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. on Monday unveiled an autonomous driving technology designed t...
April 27, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (April 27)
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April 27, 2022
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Associated PressPoland, Bulgaria say Russia suspending natural gas supplies
WARSAW (AP) — Polish and Bulgarian officials said Tuesday that Moscow is cutting off natural gas del...
April 27, 2022
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Associated PressBrainard wins Senate confirmation to be Fed’s vice chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year ter...
April 27, 2022
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Associated PressNuclear chief: Russia’s Chernobyl seizure risked accident
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Thirty-six years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the head of the...
April 27, 2022