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Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority ...
Stadium where Babe Ruth played in Tokyo is at the center of a disputed park redevelopment plan
Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a ...
Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought potatoes to Germany. It’s a myth
Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick ...
Bryan Kohberger is due to appear in court to plead guilty in University of Idaho stabbings
More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural community of Moscow, ...
He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to each other — and don’t
Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it. The Chicago boy became a star ...
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...
Local Radiation Oncologist publishes book to train young doctors
Dr. Hasan Murshed is turning years of experience into a teaching tool. He recently published the fourth edition of his book “Fundamentals of Radiation ...
Wildfire kills 2 people in Spain as parts of Europe bake in heat wave
Two people died in Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters brought it under control, authorities said, as a European heat wave sent thermometers soaring ...
The Second Chance Act: The inspiration behind the reform
Chance Gainer, number two on the field, is now leaving a legacy of second chances. “His name, it went with this bill so ...
Lindsey Graham gets GOP primary challenge from André Bauer, South Carolina’s former lieutenant gov
Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer is mounting a GOP primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham, arguing the incumbent ...
Hamas says it’s ready for a ceasefire but it must put an an end to the war in Gaza
Hamas suggested Wednesday it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel but stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed proposal announced by President Donald Trump hours earlier, ...
Australia cancels rapper Ye’s visa over ‘Heil Hitler’ release
Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was recently stripped of an Australian visa after he released his single “Heil Hitler,” a government minister said on ...