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Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu fears rise

Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu ...

Established in 1951, the Epidemic Intelligence Service is a two-year post-doctor...

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Putin assembles team of heavyweights to negotiate Ukraine deal

Putin assembles team of heavyweights to negotiate Ukrai...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s team by contrast lacks the same depth of backgroun...

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Japanese sentiment on China and South Korea improves, survey shows

Japanese sentiment on China and South Korea improves, s...

A total of 14.7% of respondents said they had more or less friendly feelings tow...

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Japan to rethink medical copayment hike amid patient outcry

Japan to rethink medical copayment hike amid patient ou...

Many patients, especially those undergoing costly but effective cancer therapy, ...

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Budget talks intensify between ruling coalition and opposition parties

Budget talks intensify between ruling coalition and opp...

The minority government is looking to pass its budget by March 2 to give Prime M...

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Government taps rice stockpile to reverse price increases

Government taps rice stockpile to reverse price increases

This will be the first time the stockpile has been used to reduce prices instead...

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Japanese sentiment on China, South Korea improves, government survey shows

Japanese sentiment on China, South Korea improves, gove...

A total of 14.7% of respondents said they had more or less friendly feelings tow...

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Got a digital crush this Valentine's? Beware of scams, says Meta.

Got a digital crush this Valentine's? Beware of scams, ...

At a Feb. 12 briefing, Meta outlined a recently disrupted romance scam that orig...

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How to tell if what you're hearing is true (or just sounds like it is)

How to tell if what you're hearing is true (or just sou...

Some Japanese grammatical terms signal uncertainty, and that is when you need ph...

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Hungarian police discipline officers over Japanese woman’s death

Hungarian police discipline officers over Japanese woma...

Despite repeated claims of domestic abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, local ...

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Public approval for Ishiba Cabinet steady at 28.5%, poll shows

Public approval for Ishiba Cabinet steady at 28.5%, pol...

The Cabinet approval rating was up 0.3 percentage point, while its disapproval r...

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'Trapped': Vietnamese slavery victim's ordeal on U.K. dope farm

'Trapped': Vietnamese slavery victim's ordeal on U.K. d...

Vietnamese migrants are among the most exposed to modern slavery, with more than...

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Japanese research team develops world’s largest biohybrid robot hand

Japanese research team develops world’s largest biohybr...

Lack of nutrients, necrosis and muscle fiber alignment issues have limited the s...

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Why are TikTok mumfluencers lauding Saudi's Neom desert megacity?

Why are TikTok mumfluencers lauding Saudi's Neom desert...

One Thai mumfluencer shared a video of her "typical afternoon in Neom". The vide...

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Gutting aid, U.S. cedes soft power game to China

Gutting aid, U.S. cedes soft power game to China

Trump has unapologetically turned to hard power, wielding tariffs against friend...

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At least five dead after suspected gas blast at mall in Taiwan's Taichung

At least five dead after suspected gas blast at mall in...

The blast occurred on the 12th floor of the building, where construction was tak...