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AFP
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Paris plans green makeover of Champs-Elysees for Games
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Paris will give the famed Champs-Elysees a makeover ahead of the 2024 Olympic Gam...
May 18, 2022
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‘Death shadow’ dinosaur unearthed in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (AFP-Jiji) — Argentine paleontologists have announced the discovery of an apex-predator...
May 18, 2022
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Experts sound alarm over baby tongue surgery
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Lea had no problems breastfeeding her newborn son when she took him to see an ost...
May 18, 2022
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Can human urine help feed the world?
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — “Go pee on the rhubarb!” Engineer Fabien Esculier has never forgotten his grand...
May 11, 2022
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Overuse, climate change kill off Iraq’s Sawa Lake
SAWA LAKE, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — A “No Fishing” sign on the edge of Iraq’s western desert is one of the ...
May 4, 2022
ANN
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In Pakistan, Afghan refugees face hardship, hostility
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — When Khair Wali heard the Taliban had started kill...
May 18, 2022
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Cambodia: Cambodia gets 1st publicly available EV charging unit
Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd., the local manager of the Caltex petroleum brand, on April 26 launched the K...
May 18, 2022
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Singapore: Index shows nation world’s 2nd most influenced by China
Singapore has been ranked second in the world — behind Cambodia and just ahead of Thailand — in a st...
May 18, 2022
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South Korea: Large retailers enter e-commerce market for designer goods
Large retailers including Hanwha and Shinsegae are keen to jump into the e-commerce market for desig...
May 2, 2022
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Singapore: 70% of tech-enabled sexual violence cases in 2021 image-related
While attending an online event hosted on video conferencing platform Zoom last year, a woman in her...
May 2, 2022
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Tokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes
TOKYO (AP) — The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics premiered on Monday, sho...
May 23, 2022
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Kim, other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A huge number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a fun...
May 23, 2022
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7 die in Philippine ferry fire; over 120 rescued from water
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry carrying more than 130 people caught fire in the northeastern Phi...
May 23, 2022
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Beijing extends work-from-home order as COVID-19 cases rise
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional ...
May 23, 2022
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Russia presses Donbas attacks as Polish leader praises Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president...
May 23, 2022
JIJI PRESS
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Kishida congratulates Australia’s incoming PM Albanese
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Anthony...
May 22, 2022
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Intl team finds one of world’s oldest marine reptile fossils
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An international research team, with members from institutions such as Tokyo Ci...
May 18, 2022
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Head of Sunken Tour Boat Operator Questioned on Voluntary Basis
Shari, Hokkaido (Jiji Press)—The Japan Coast Guard has questioned on a voluntary basis Seiichi Katsu...
May 5, 2022
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Japan’s Child Population Declines for 41 Years in Row
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s estimated population of children under 15 years old as of April 1 fell ...
May 5, 2022
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Kishida, Pope Francis affirm cooperation for nuclear-free world
ROME (Jiji Press) — Visiting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Pope Francis agreed Wednesday to coope...
May 4, 2022
REUTERS
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Ukraine comes to Davos in first spring gathering of business leaders
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Foru...
May 23, 2022
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Austria’s first suspected monkeypox case reported in Vienna
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s first case of monkeypox has been confirmed, Vienna’s health authority s...
May 23, 2022
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Man fatally shot on New York City subway in latest random attack
A 48-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest while riding on a New York City subway car on Sunday...
May 23, 2022
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Australia swears in new Labor PM ahead of Quad meeting
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as the country’s...
May 23, 2022
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Ukraine rejects concessions as Russians attack in east and south
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia st...
May 23, 2022
WASHINGTON POST
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D.C.-area schools face rising covid cases, aren’t restoring strict rules
School districts in the Washington region are contending with the national surge in coronavirus case...
May 23, 2022
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Ahead of Biden visit, Israel launches biggest eviction of Palestinians in decades
AL-MARKAZ VILLAGE, West Bank – The Najjar family knew what to expect on the morning of May 11 when a...
May 23, 2022
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Russia bans 963 Americans, including Biden and Harris – but not Trump
Russia is permanently banning nearly 1,000 Americans, including President Joe Biden and Vice Preside...
May 22, 2022
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In Cuba’s economic crisis, a frantic search for milk
HAVANA — Her 4-year-old was still asleep when Yohana Perdomo stubbed out her cigarette, grabbed her ...
May 22, 2022
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This Florida teacher married a woman. Now she’s not a teacher anymore.
MIAMI – Nicolette Solomon felt her mother’s words come through the phone and settle, heavy, in her s...
May 20, 2022
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