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Associated PressBrazil Confirms Its First Bird Flu Outbreak in a Commercial Poultry Farm
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil, one of the world's largest producers and exporters of poultry, confirmed...
May 17, 2025
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ReutersSouth Korea Ex-President Yoon Leaves Conservative Party as Candidate Trails Liberal Frontrunner
SEOUL, May 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday th...
May 17, 2025
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ReutersUS Aid Cuts Leave Food for Millions Mouldering in Storage
May 16 (Reuters) - Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering i...
May 17, 2025
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ReutersMoody’s Cuts America’s Pristine Credit Rating, Citing Rising Debt
May 16 (Reuters) - Moody's downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit rating on Friday due to concerns ...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Says Iran Has a Proposal from the US on Its Rapidly Advancing Nuclear Program
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an A...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressStrike by New Jersey Transit Train Engineers Leaves Some 350,000 Commuters in the Lurch
Train engineers in New Jersey's huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving it...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressIsrael Expands Attacks in Gaza and Yemen as Trump Wraps up Trip to Region
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza on Friday that ...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressConservatives Block Trump’s Big Tax Breaks Bill in a Stunning Setback
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a setback, House Republicans failed Friday to push their big package of tax ...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressSupreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Resume Quick Deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-Century Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resumi...
May 17, 2025
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Associated PressRussia-Ukraine Peace Talks End after Less Than 2 Hours with Deal to Swap Pows but No Ceasefire
ISTANBUL (AP) — The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow's 202...
May 17, 2025
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Associated Press10 Escape from New Orleans Jail through Hole in Cell Wall While Lone Guard Left to Get Food
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escap...
May 17, 2025
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Japan In FocusCollecting Goshuin Stamps from Yayoi Period Ruins Gaining Popularity; Stamp Varieties Rising
KAKOGAWA, Hyogo — Visiting ruins from the prehistoric Yayoi period and collecting goshuin stamps ...
May 17, 2025
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Political PulseInflation Fires Up Populism, Erodes Political Stability; Rising Food Prices Bode Ill for Incumbent Government
Over 100 years ago in Japan, a shortage of rice and a steep rise in its price caused a great upro...
May 17, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentUniversity of Tokyo Professor: Japan Must Prepare for Worst in Relations with U.S.; ‘Issues Unlikely to Be Resolved Soon’
University of Tokyo Prof. Ryo Sahashi in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun urged Japan to pre...
May 17, 2025
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Imperial FamilyWomen in the Reiwa Era Imperial Family / Princesses Share Father’s Ways of Thinking, Continue Legacies
Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko and Princess Tsuguko, the great-granddaughters of Emperor Taisho, h...
May 17, 2025