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ReutersPutin Orders Russian Government and Top Bank to Develop AI Cooperation with China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s government and the country’s big...
January 2, 2025
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ReutersTesla Cybertruck Explodes outside Trump Las Vegas Hotel, Killing One
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel...
January 2, 2025
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Associated PressSouth Korea Air Crash Investigators Extract Black Box Data as Grieving Families Mourn the Victims
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gather...
January 2, 2025
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Associated PressUkraine Halts Transit of Russian Gas to Europe after a Prewar Deal Expired
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers throu...
January 2, 2025
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Associated PressIsraeli Strikes Kill 12 in Gaza, Including Children, as War Grinds into the New Year
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Stri...
January 2, 2025
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Associated PressAn Armed Man Kills at Least 10 People, Including 2 Children, in a Shooting Rampage in Montenegro
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and four oth...
January 2, 2025
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Books & LiteratureBound to Please / In “Miyabaru 198,” a Hamlet with Centuries of History Faces an Unpeopled Future
The Yomiuri Shimbun‘Miyabaru 198’ By Carl Stimson By Alex Breeden / Japan News Staff Wri...
January 2, 2025
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Books & LiteratureTo Get Published in Japan, Write Nonfiction
If you are a foreign writer in Japan and hope to get published, your best bet is to go the nonfic...
January 2, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan-EU Strategic Partnership Agreement Takes Effect
London (Jiji Press)—The strategic partnership agreement (SPA) between Japan and the European Unio...
January 2, 2025
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Asia-PacificJapanese National Dies in Bangkok Hotel Fire
The fire broke out on Sunday night in a six-story hotel near Khao San Road, one of the busiest pa...
January 2, 2025
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeMemorial Service for Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Rain Victims Held; 300 Bereaved Family Members in Attendance
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — A memorial service for the victims of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Septem...
January 1, 2025
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ReutersSouth Korea’s Presidential Aides Offer to Resign Amid Political Crisis
SEOUL (Reuters) - Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resi...
January 1, 2025
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeWajima Residents Pray for Peaceful Year at Quake-Damaged Shrine; Memorial Service Marks 1 Year Since Disaster
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — Residents in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, visited a local shrine damaged by th...
January 1, 2025
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Defense & SecurityChina Conducts Naval Blockade Exercise in Miyako Strait; CCG Ships Near Senkaku Islands Given Stronger Weapons
The Chinese navy and the China Coast Guard (CCG) in December jointly carried out activities simil...
January 1, 2025
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Associated PressU.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russian and Iranian Groups over Disinformation Targeting American Voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Rus...
January 1, 2025