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G7 leaders to seek unity on Taliban as deadline for evacuation looms
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders will be under pressure to present a united front at an emergency summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday despite...
Belarus Olympic athlete seeks asylum, enters Poland’s embassy in Tokyo
Belarusian Olympic sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya is seeking asylum in Europe after walking into Poland's embassy in Japan on Monday, a day after refusing to...
Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon’s en route
The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic and opened under oppressive heat, is due for another hit of nature’s power, a typhoon arriving Tuesday...
US, allies accuse China of global cyber hacking campaign
The United States and a coalition of allies accused China on Monday of a global cyber hacking campaign that employed contract hackers, specifically attributing...
Hundreds of leaders urge G7 to vaccinate world’s poorest against Covid-19
One hundred former Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers have urged the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to pay for global COVID-19 vaccinations...
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on NASA’s mission to space station
NASA and Elon Musk's commercial rocket company, SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Friday from NASA's Kennedy...
Japan is going to restart a nuclear power plant reactor today
Four and a half years have passed since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. All of Japan’s 44 operable nuclear reactors were shut down two...
Japan has (finally) banned the possession of child-pornography
On Wednesday, Japan’s ban on the possession of child pornography has finally come into effect. Anyone caught owning images, videos, or any other things...
Misao Okawa, the world’s oldest person, has died
She was 117 years old
Misao Okawa celebrated her 117th birthday last month, on the 5th of March. When asked what she thinks about turning...
Japan is commemorating four years after the devastating tsunami. Fukushima is „still a risk”
The tsunami that occurred on the 11th of March caused one of the worst nuclear accidents in the history of the country
The Fukushima Plant...