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Flash floods kill more than 280 people in India and Pakistan as thousands flee

Flash floods kill more than 280 people in India and Pak...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have kille...

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Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order

Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed...

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No deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin

No deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after Trump roll...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) -- President Donald Trump failed to...

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No end in sight to plastic pollution crisis as treaty negotiations in Geneva fail

No end in sight to plastic pollution crisis as treaty n...

GENEVA (AP) -- Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollu...

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MLB: NL West race heats up as Dodgers tie Padres for lead

MLB: NL West race heats up as Dodgers tie Padres for lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Things sure have changed since the last time the San Diego P...

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Air Canada suspends operations as flight attendants go on strike

Air Canada suspends operations as flight attendants go ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Air Canada suspended all operations as more than 10,000 Air Cana...

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Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick

Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water t...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- After waking early to stand in line for an hou...

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Text of address by Emperor Naruhito at 2025 memorial ceremony for war dead

Text of address by Emperor Naruhito at 2025 memorial ce...

The following is a tentative translation of the address by Emperor Naruhito on t...

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Japan's key stock indexes close at new record highs after solid GDP

Japan's key stock indexes close at new record highs aft...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's key stock indexes closed at new all-time highs on Frida...

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Ishiba says Japan will continue to pursue peace at ceremony marking end of World War II

Ishiba says Japan will continue to pursue peace at cere...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday vowed to keep in mind Japan's "remorse" ...

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Survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago

Survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 8...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan'...

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Awa Odori dance festival brightens west Japan's Tokushima

Awa Odori dance festival brightens west Japan's Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA -- The four-day Awa Odori festival kicked off with its typical splendo...

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Tokyo stocks open higher as exporters bought on weaker yen

Tokyo stocks open higher as exporters bought on weaker yen

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as exporter shares were bough...

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80 years on, former WWII pilot relives kamikaze call that never came

80 years on, former WWII pilot relives kamikaze call th...

SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- In the 80 years since Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surr...

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Japan marks 80th anniversary of World War II defeat

Japan marks 80th anniversary of World War II defeat

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in...

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Japan economy grows 1.0% in April-June, inflation weighs on spending

Japan economy grows 1.0% in April-June, inflation weigh...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the Apri...