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Yoon aims to avoid friction with Japan by settling requisitioned worker issue
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Situation in Sahel region a wake-up call regarding population explosion
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Putin to Xi: Russia values China’s ‘balanced position’ on Ukraine
The two leaders were meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzb...
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With humble diplomacy, Putin struggles to maintain influence over ex-Soviet states
Pool photo via APRussian President Vladimir Putin, left, awards Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyo...
September 17, 2022
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China expands military presence under Belt and Road initiative
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Asia Pacific
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WORLD | In Myanmar’s rebel strongholds, internet can mean life or death
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October 13, 2022
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WORLD | S. Korean govt looks to prevent kimchi shortages
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WORLD | Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
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October 13, 2022
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WORLD | Foreign minister’s visits underline Japan’s focus on ASEAN
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October 11, 2022
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China: Audi revs up EV expansion in China by pushing up Changchun plant opening
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US & Canada
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WORLD | Biden global strategy tackles China, Russia, domestic needs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House laid out a national security strategy Wednesday aimed at checking ...
October 13, 2022
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Biden plans to attend funeral for U.K. queen
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he will attend the funeral of Quee...
September 10, 2022
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FBI seized top secret documents in Trump estate search
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive documents from former Presi...
August 13, 2022
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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
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August 13, 2022
Europe
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Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its m...
October 11, 2022
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Explosions rock central Kyiv in apparent missile strikes
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm ...
October 10, 2022
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Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 3 for attaching molecules
STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. ...
October 5, 2022
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Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrain...
October 5, 2022
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6 months on, Ukraine man waits for DNA results to identify missing father
BUCHA, Ukraine — Six months have passed since some 450 bodies were found in a mass grave and other l...
October 5, 2022
Russia
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WORLD | Will Russia be able to maintain offensive?
KYIV — Following two consecutive days of Russian military attacks on Ukraine’s capital and elsewhere...
October 12, 2022
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Putin signs decree to set up new operator for Sakhalin-1
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Friday a presidential decree transferring rights...
October 8, 2022
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Russia’s Federation Council ratifies annexation of four Ukrainian regions
MOSCOW (Reuters) — The upper house of Russia’s parliament voted on Tuesday to approve the incorporat...
October 4, 2022
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Russian TV protester listed as wanted fugitive
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, famous for staging an on-air pr...
October 4, 2022
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Putin illegally annexes Ukraine land; Kyiv seeks NATO entry
KYIV (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupie...
October 1, 2022
Wider World
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Guinea worm disease could be eradicated
Guinea worm disease, an infection caused by the Guinea worm and associated with severe pain, is now ...
October 8, 2022
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1 year after U.S. withdrawal, Afghan collaborators still living in fear
Aug. 30 marked one year since U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan. Following th...
September 7, 2022
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Situation in Sahel region a wake-up call regarding population explosion
BISSAU — Africa’s population is expected to keep growing through the second half of this century, ne...
September 3, 2022
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Africans view Chinese-style aid, influence positively while Japan’s efforts leave little impression
TUNIS — Even at the end of an eighth Japan-led international conference on African development, Japa...
August 29, 2022
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TICAD seeks African development in line with international rules
TUNIS — The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8), held in Tunisia, Nor...
August 29, 2022
Global
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Kishida / Graveyard of burnt cars in Irpin
On a road in Irpin sit the shells of about 100 burned out cars, left where their owners abandoned t...
December 21, 2022
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Kishida / Soccer stadium shelled in Irpin
Irpin developed as a bedroom town popular with people who commute to work in Kyiv. Many residents fl...
December 21, 2022
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Kishida / Dacha village of Moshchun attacked
Moshun is an area of vacation villas where people working in Kyiv escaped to on weekends to enjoy t...
December 21, 2022
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Kishida / Destroyed apartments in Horenka
In the village of Horenka near Kyiv, the Russians destroyed apartment buildings and houses fronting ...
December 21, 2022
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Kishida / Looted shops in Bucha
Bucha, the location of a Russian massacre of unarmed citizens, was a town popular with young people ...
December 21, 2022
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