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Rio Carnival Returns, Celebrating ‘Life, Democracy’
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP-Jiji) — Rio de Janeiro’s mayor declared the world’s biggest carnival officially ...
February 18, 2023
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Bulgaria Finds 18 Dead Migrants Suffocated in Truck
LOKORSKO (AFP-Jiji) — Bulgarian authorities on Friday found the bodies of 18 people who suffocated i...
February 18, 2023
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Maholo Terajima Becomes 1st Official Dual-national Kabuki Actor
Maholo Terajima has performed kabuki — a type of Japanese theater that dates back to the 17th centur...
February 15, 2023
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Air India unveils historic mega agreements with Airbus, Boeing
BENGALURU, India (AFP-Jiji) — Air India will purchase 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing under a hist...
February 15, 2023
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Scholz’s Social Democrats Suffer Blow with Berlin Election Loss
BERLIN (AFP-Jiji) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered a heavy setback in a r...
February 14, 2023
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Former Cyprus Top Diplomat Christodoulides Elected Youngest President
NICOSIA (AFP-Jiji) — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was on Sunday elected president o...
February 14, 2023
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Portugal lifts lid on child sex abuse by Catholic clergy
LISBON (AFP-Jiji) — An independent inquiry into child sex abuse by members of the Portuguese Catholi...
February 14, 2023
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Journalist who protested on Russian TV describes escape to France
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The Russian journalist who grabbed the world’s attention last year when she prote...
February 11, 2023
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Japan Adopts Plan to Make Maximum Use of Nuclear Power
TOKYO — The government adopted a plan Friday to make maximum use of nuclear power, in a bid to reali...
February 11, 2023
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News on Next BOJ Chief Pushes Dollar below 130.50 Yen in Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The dollar plummeted below ¥130.50 in Tokyo trading Friday, hit by selling trig...
February 11, 2023
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Discipline Panel Starts Talks on Absent Lawmaker GaaSyy
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The discipline committee of the House of Councillors on Friday began discussing...
February 11, 2023
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Putin Warns West over Arms Deliveries to Kyiv
MOSCOW (AFP-Jiji) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed a decisive response to any co...
February 4, 2023
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Trial of 47 Pro-democracy Protesters to Begin in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP-Jiji) — The trial of 47 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures begins Mo...
February 4, 2023
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Envoy: Taiwan Working to Avoid Conflict with China
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — Taiwan aims to deter threats from China and prevent conflict with the coun...
February 3, 2023
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Ukraine Has Hopes for EU Summit Set for Kyiv
KYIV (AFP-Jiji) — Ukraine will hold a summit with the European Union in Kyiv this week, the governm...
February 2, 2023
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