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General NewsFire Breaks Out Along JR Narita Line; Service Briefly Halted Between Sakura, Narita Airport Stations
A fire broke out along the JR Narita Line between Shisui and Narita stations at around 1:28 p.m. ...
February 15, 2025
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Imperial FamilyPrincess Aiko Hosts Imperial Duck-Netting Reception
Chiba, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press) — Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empre...
February 15, 2025
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ReutersUS IRS Prepares to Lay off Thousands of Workers, Sources Say
Feb 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in...
February 15, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 15)
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February 15, 2025
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ReutersUS Prosecutors Formally Ask Judge to Drop Case against NY Mayor Eric Adams
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday formally asked a U.S. judge to drop bribery char...
February 15, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialExpansion of U.S. Tariff Measures: Countries Must Persistently Urge Restraint
U.S. President Donald Trump has rapidly imposed higher tariffs. If the measures are expanded in s...
February 15, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Digital Textbooks: System of Choosing Between Physical, Digital to Cause Educational Disparities
Should textbooks be physical or digital? If the current system of focusing on physical textbooks ...
February 15, 2025
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ReutersTrump Keeps Tariffs Drumbeat Going, with Autos Targeted Next
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday kept alive his drumbeat of tariff t...
February 15, 2025
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Associated PressPope Has Respiratory Tract Infection, Is in Fair Condition and Running Mild Fever, Vatican Says
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and...
February 15, 2025
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Washington PostTrump Officials Ask CDC, FDA to Use Gender Notice on Restored Websites
The Trump administration has directed the nation’s premier health agencies to place a notice hars...
February 15, 2025
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Washington PostTesla Insiders Fear Musk’s Work with Trump Harms the Company
SAN FRANCISCO - Some employees and investors in electric automaker Tesla Motors have begun speaki...
February 15, 2025
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Washington PostScientists Have a New Explanation for the Last Two Years of Record Heat
For the past few years, scientists have watched, aghast, as global temperatures have surged - wit...
February 15, 2025
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Associated PressUS Aircraft Carrier Truman Collides with Merchant Ship near Egypt, but No Injuries Are Reported
WASHINGTON (AP) — The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision at sea wit...
February 15, 2025
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Associated PressHHS is Losing Thousands of Workers under Trump Administration Probationary Job Cuts
Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency's roughly 5,200 pro...
February 15, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Wants Denuclearization Talks with Russia and China, Hopes for Defense Spending Cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to restart nuclear arms cont...
February 15, 2025