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ReutersBlast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills more than 100 people
YENAGAO, Nigeria - Charred bodies were left scattered among burnt palms, cars and vans on Sunday af...
April 25, 2022
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General NewsChild found dead in waters off Hokkaido
A child who was found after a sightseeing boat went missing off Hokkaido has been confirmed dead, th...
April 25, 2022
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Washington PostBlizzard hammers North Dakota; fires rage in New Mexico
A weekend blizzard unloaded 12 to 20 inches of snow in the western Dakotas and northern Rockies, par...
April 25, 2022
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ReutersBritain says Ukraine repelled numerous Russian assaults along the line of contact in Donbas
Ukraine has repelled numerous Russian assaults along the line of contact in Donbas this week, a Brit...
April 25, 2022
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Associated PressUkraine official: Zelenskyy meets top-level U.S. delegation
KYIV (AP) — The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volo...
April 25, 2022
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Associated PressTo Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won reelection to a second term Sunday, tr...
April 25, 2022
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General News1 child found unconscious after sightseeing boat went missing in Shiretoko
The Japan Coast Guard said Monday that it found a child on the sea around the tip of Cape Shiretoko,...
April 25, 2022
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General NewsAsari clam scam prompts tougher rules on food-origin labels
The government has toughened food origin classification rules following the exposure of mislabeling ...
April 25, 2022
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General NewsMore subway stations designated as evacuation facilities, but none in Tokyo
There is a growing movement in Japan to designate underground train stations as evacuation faciliti...
April 25, 2022
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Washington PostThe Belarusian railway saboteurs who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv
When Russian troops first streamed across the Belarusian border into Ukraine for what they had assum...
April 25, 2022
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General NewsPaper cranes, fortunes in capsule toys provide jobs for handicapped
NARITA, Chiba — Capsule toy machines that dispense paper cranes along with fortune-telling slips in ...
April 25, 2022
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ReutersShanghai fences up COVID-hit areas, fueling fresh outcry
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected fences outs...
April 24, 2022
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Associated PressHataoka takes advantage of Ko’s late meltdown in L.A. Open
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nasa Hataoka took advantage of Jin Young Ko's late meltdown Saturday to take a fo...
April 24, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentLDP candidate certain to win upper house by-election in Ishikawa Pref.
KANAZAWA, Ishikawa (Jiji Press) — Shuji Miyamoto of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is certain t...
April 24, 2022
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General News10 confirmed dead after rescue operation for sightseeing boat
Passengers on the sightseeing boat that went missing off Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on Saturday...
April 24, 2022