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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (April 16)
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April 16, 2025
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Associated PressBiden Alleges Trump Has ‘Taken a Hatchet’ to Social Security in His First Post-Presidency Speech
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has "take...
April 16, 2025
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BaseballDodgers Beat Rockies 5-3 but Colorado Avoids Another Shutout in 4th Straight Loss
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Ang...
April 16, 2025
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ReutersCanadian Universities Report Jump in US Applicants as Trump Cuts Funding
TORONTO/OTTAWA, April 15 (Reuters) - More students living in the United States are applying to Ca...
April 16, 2025
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MarketsJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Sags as Nvidia Curbs Drag down Chip Shares (UPDATE 1)
TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell for the first time this week on Wed...
April 16, 2025
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ReutersItalian Teen Set to Be First Millennial Saint Was ‘Ordinary Child’, Says Mother
ASSISI, Italy, April 15 (Reuters) - Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites t...
April 16, 2025
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ReutersExclusive: US Tariffs May Cost Chip Equipment Makers More Than $1 Billion, Industry Estimates
TORONTO, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs could cost U.S. semicondu...
April 16, 2025
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Crime & CourtsJapanese Actress Ryoko Hirosue Released; Prosecutors Continue Investigation on Suspicion of Injuring Nurse
The Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office’s Hamamatsu branch released actress Ryoko Hirosue...
April 16, 2025
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Crime & CourtsChild Sex Crime Victims Oppose Civil Lawsuit Time Limit; Japan’s Revisions of Criminal, Civil Codes Not in Sync
Victims of childhood sexual violence and lawyers supporting them are calling for the abolition of...
April 16, 2025
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US & CanadaEx-Cabinet Member Notes Trump’s Interest in Auto Trade; Wilbur Ross Says Japan, U.S. Should Step Up Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON — Wilbur Ross, 87, who served as commerce secretary in the first administration of U.S...
April 16, 2025
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Science2024 YR4 Resembles Hockey Puck
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now m...
April 16, 2025
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General NewsTokyo’s Johoku Air Raid Survivors Recall War’s Horrors after 80 Years; Underscore Suffering of Civilians in Such Tragedies
Eight decades after the Johoku air raid, which caused an immense loss of life in Tokyo’s Toshima ...
April 16, 2025
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EnvironmentPrague Zoo Joins Effort to Ensure Survival of Rare Insect
PRAGUE (AP) — The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare ...
April 16, 2025
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General NewsJapan’s Population Declining Faster Than Anticipated, Threatening National Pension Scheme
Japan’s natural population change has marked its largest ever drop, according to estimates releas...
April 15, 2025
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General NewsTEPCO Begins 2nd Trial Retrieval of Debris at Nuclear Plant; Analysis Will Seek Information to Support Larger Operations
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. began its second removal of nuclear fuel debris from ...
April 15, 2025