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Northern Japan Town to Survey Bear Activity with Drone-mounted Infrared Camera after Attacks
A town in Akita Prefecture that has seen a series of bear attacks will survey the animals’ activi...
June 15, 2024
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Baseball
Freeman’s Two-Out Single in 8th Inning Lifts Dodgers Past Royals 4-3 in Series Opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman lined a go-ahead, two-out RBI single into center in the eighth...
June 15, 2024
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Reuters
Japan’s Kirin Offers $1.4 Bln for Full Control of Skin Care Brand Fancl
June 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Kirin Holdings said on Friday it was offering 220.7 billion yen ($1.4...
June 15, 2024
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Reuters
Japan Watchdog Recommends Action on MUFG Units over Sharing of Client Data
TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japan's securities watchdog recommended on Friday that the banking and...
June 15, 2024
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General News
Tohoku Univ. to Get Grants to Fund World-Class Research Grants
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Education ministry said Friday it will start procedures to formally app...
June 15, 2024
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June 15, 2024
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Travel Spots
Mie: Popular Sea Otter in Aquarium Becomes ‘Hometown Support Ambassador’
TOBA, Mie — May, a popular female sea otter at Toba Aquarium, has become a hometown support ambas...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
Bird Flu is Highly Lethal to Some Animals, But Not to Others. Scientists Want to Know Why
NEW YORK (AP) — In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wil...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
US Navy Faces Its Most Intense Combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi Rebels
ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fig...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
G7 Leaders Agree to Lend Ukraine Billions Backed by Russia’s Frozen Assets. Here’s how It will Work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50...
June 15, 2024
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Reuters
Britain’s Kate to Attend First Event after Cancer Treatment
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, is due to make her first public ap...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
G7 Leaders Tackle Migration, AI and Economic Security on Second and Final Day of Summit in Italy
BARI, Italy (AP) — The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to mi...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
Pope Francis Becomes First Pontiff to Address a G7 Summit, Raising Alarm about AI. The G7 Responds
BARI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies on Frida y ...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
Putin Offers Truce if Ukraine Exits Russian-claimed Areas and Drops NATO Bid. Kyiv Rejects It
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine a...
June 15, 2024
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Associated Press
Illinois is Hit with Cicada Chaos. This is what It’s like to See, Hear and Feel Billions of Bugs
RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cic...
June 15, 2024