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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 7, 2022
Costume role players perform during the World Cosplay Championship at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Japan defense chief Kishi may be replaced in Cabinet reshuffle
TOKYO - Prime Minister…
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Asian shares slide on Wall Street drop that ended last week
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Monday after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated high interest rates will continue for some time to curb inflation. The plunge in early trading in Asia paralleled the drop on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week sinking more than 1,000 points. A slowdown in the…
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Talking back Tokyo: Riding the Boomers to bronze from the Torres Strait
There was little wonder just how much winning the bronze medal match at Tokyo 2020 meant to the Australian basketball community, with history dating much further back than their fourth-place finish at Rio 2016.It took 32 years after the Boomers made their Olympic debut at Melbourne 1956 to reach a medal match, where they went down to the USA…
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Asean News Headlines at 9pm on Sunday (Nov 26, 2023)
Malaysia: * Police report lodged against man who offered bounty to assassinate PM on TikTok * Sirul has not applied for review on death sentence, says Home Minister * Stop thinking of toppling govt, we broke green wave by winning Selangor, Gobind tells PN *!-->…
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Forgotten Felines for week of Nov. 5, 2023
Forgotten Felines of Culpeper is a local, nonprofit, 501-©(3) rescue group. All cats are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and negative for feline leukemia. To learn more or adopt, call 540/717-4420, visit ForgottenFelinesCulpeper.org or Facebook for ForgottenFelinesofCulpeper. See available pets at PetStablished.Here are…
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Tokyo Stocks Open Slightly Higher Ahead Of Jackson Hole – UrduPoint
Tokyo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Aug, 2022 ) :Tokyo stocks edged higher Wednesday in cautious trading after modest falls on Wall Street, with all eyes on a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.03 percent, or 9.72 points, at 28,462.47 in early trade, while…
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Vinesh almost quit after Tokyo debacle
PTI
New Delhi, August 13Vinesh Phogat today said she nearly quit wrestling after failing a second time to win a medal at the Olympics in Tokyo before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pep talk rejuvenated her to continue.While a knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her…
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My flight was delayed, can I sleep on the airport floor? It depends.
The airport floor is probably the last place you want to sleep. But it's sometimes the only place for passengers like John Paul Engel.Engel has faced long delays and nowhere to go on several occasions, including this summer in Miami. He thinks it's absolutely acceptable to catch a few Zs on the airport floor, although he prefers a bench or a…
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Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, spewing ash plumes and blanketing several villages
PADANG, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted Sunday, spewing white-and-gray ash plumes more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) into the air and sending hot ash clouds several miles away. There were no immediate report of casualties, said Ahmad Rifandi, an official with Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard…
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 20, 2022
Children gather at the Temple of Confucius in China's Qufu, the birthplace of the founder of Confucianism, on July 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan to keep interest in Russia's Sakhalin 2 gas project
TOKYO - Japan plans to retain its…
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