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Associated PressTrump Reaches Deals with 5 Law Firms, Allowing Them to Avoid Prospect of Punishing Executive Orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced deals Friday with five law firms that will all...
April 12, 2025
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CompaniesJapan’s Skymark Airlines Lets Flight Attendants, Ground Staff Wear Sneakers at Work; Change Aims to Reduce Fatigue, Improve Work Conditions
Skymark Airlines Inc. announced Friday that it will let flight attendants and ground staff to wea...
April 12, 2025
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Travel SpotsCherry Blossoms in Full Glory at Japan’s Takato Castle Park; Deep Red Flowers Blooming on About 1,500 Trees
INA, Nagano - The famed Takato-kohigan cherry trees at Takato Castle Site Park in Ina, Nagano Pre...
April 12, 2025
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Crime & CourtsGinza Restaurant Kanetanaka President Arrested on Drug Possession; High-end Restaurant Frequented by Influential Figures
The president of Kanetanaka, a famous ryotei high-end restaurant frequented by key figures in Jap...
April 12, 2025
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Washington PostSocial Security Classifies Thousands of Immigrants as Dead, as Part of Trump Crackdown
The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of mor...
April 12, 2025
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Washington PostWhite House Starts Trade Negotiations, but Tensions Are High with China
President Donald Trump and his top trade advisers on Thursday opened up the White House to trade ...
April 12, 2025
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Washington PostJustice Dept. Skirts Judge’s Deadline on Plans to Return Wrongly Deported Man
The Trump administration refused to meet a federal judge’s deadline Friday to share steps officia...
April 12, 2025
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Washington PostHow JD Vance, a ‘Baby Catholic,’ Stumbled into a Clash with the Pope
Only three Catholics have won the presidency or vice presidency. For the first two, Democrats Joh...
April 12, 2025
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April 12, 2025
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Travel SpotsIlluminated Usuzumi-Zakura Cherry Blossom Tree in Japan’s Gifu Pref. Leaves People in Awe
MOTOSU, Gifu — The cherry blossom tree Usuzumi-zakura, which is designated as a national natural ...
April 12, 2025
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Japan In FocusFukuoka: Circus Elephants Join Firefighting Drill at Shopping Mall in Kitakyushu
KITAKYUSHU — Two circus elephants joined local Kitakyushu firefighters in a drill on March 24.
April 12, 2025
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Washington PostTrump’s Historic China Tariffs Spread Pain through U.S. and Global Economies
President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire trade war has set in motion a commercial rupture without prec...
April 12, 2025
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Reuters
Iran Says It Will Give US Talks about Nuclear Plans a ‘Genuine Chance’
DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the U...
April 12, 2025
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ReutersJump in US Inflation Expectations, Market Jitters Heighten Fed’s Dilemma
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - Soaring consumer inflation expectations, driven to a level not s...
April 12, 2025
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Reuters
US Envoy Witkoff Meets Putin as Trump Tells Moscow to ‘Get Moving’ on Ukraine
MOSCOW, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks...
April 12, 2025