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Yoon aims to avoid friction with Japan by settling requisitioned worker issue
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday expressed willingness to resolve the issue...
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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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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...
September 15, 2022
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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
For Zaw Myint Thein, a farmer in northwestern Myanmar, having no internet in the area for more than ...
October 13, 2022
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WORLD | S. Korean govt looks to prevent kimchi shortages
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October 13, 2022
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WORLD | Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of vio...
October 13, 2022
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WORLD | Foreign minister’s visits underline Japan’s focus on ASEAN
KUALA LUMPUR — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the...
October 11, 2022
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China: Audi revs up EV expansion in China by pushing up Changchun plant opening
International carmakers are stepping up their investment in China thanks to the vast potential of th...
October 8, 2022
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
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Ira...
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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