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BASKETBALL
May 4, 2022

U.S. says Russia has wrongfully detained WNBA's Brittney Griner

The U.S. State Department has determined that Russia has wrongfully detained American basketball player Brittney Griner, a department spokesperson said in a statement.
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WORLD
May 4, 2022

Russia’s war has been brutal, but Putin has shown some restraint. Why?

Officials are debating the Kremlin's calculations in not trying harder to halt arms shipments. Analysts wonder whether a bigger mobilization by Moscow is on the horizon.
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WORLD
May 4, 2022

Russia fires more rockets at steel plant as civilian evacuations stall

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of breaching agreements to pause fighting long enough to allow vulnerable civilians to be moved to safety.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
May 3, 2022

The ¥22 trillion question: When will Japan reopen to foreign tourists?

Kishida is facing increased pressure from businesses to make what experts say is a political decision.
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WORLD
May 3, 2022

They fell deeply in love in Bucha. One Russian bullet ended it all.

Iryna Abramova has lost almost everything: her husband, her home, three of her four pets; her life savings, in cash, turned to ash.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2022

Russia’s dolphin guards are part of a long tradition

Satellite photos show that Russia is using dolphins to protect its ships in harbor. It's part of a long tradition of militiaries using animals for specialized duties.
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WORLD
May 3, 2022

Russia swerves to avoid default: What's next?

Russia's $40 billion in international bonds and the chance of a default have become the focus of global financial markets since it was hit with sanctions.
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WORLD
May 1, 2022

Pelosi meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine as Mariupol civilians leave besieged steel plant

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, became the latest Western official to visit Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2022

How often do we have to get COVID to stop getting COVID?

Natural immunity will be key to downshifting the pandemic to endemic status. That doesn't mean you should go out and try to catch the virus tomorrow.
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WORLD / FOCUS
May 1, 2022

Putin’s war brings risks to Moldova and its pro-Moscow enclave

Tensions are rising in the territory of Transnistria, with ominous comments from Moscow raising fears that the conflict in Ukraine may extend to its neighbor.
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BUSINESS
May 1, 2022

EU to propose phasing out Russian oil by the end of the year

The EU will also push for more banks from Russia and Belarus to be cut off from the SWIFT international payment system, including Sberbank, Russia's largest lender.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2022

The ‘ultimate bird’ once prowled the seas of a young Japan

Eleven million years ago, swans in what is today called Japan did something unexpected: They took to the oceans.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 30, 2022

Russia's Ukrainian quagmire providing tough lessons for China

Chinese military experts are discussing the conflict in private chat groups, offering their takes on Western involvement in Ukraine and Russia's perceived failings, scholars say.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 30, 2022

Riding logs and tempting fate at the Onbashira festival

After deaths in 2010 and 2016, who would volunteer for the Onbashira festival? The locals.
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EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2022

Learning the wrong nuclear lessons from the Ukraine war

The war in Ukraine and Russia's threats have given policymakers and publics reason to believe that nuclear arsenals contribute to national security.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2022

'Entry only. No exit': Beijing sees more COVID closures as anger grows in Shanghai

Chinese health officials did not respond to questions on whether Beijing will go under lockdown or what circumstances might prompt such measures.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism

After the economic and political turmoil of the post-Soviet 1990s, people craved stability and were willing to restore the KGB back to the top echelons of government to get it.
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WORLD
Apr 29, 2022

Alarmed by inaction over Russian aggression, Europe rethinks ties with China

Senior lawmakers in Berlin, who now concede that such closeness to Russia was a historic liability, are starting to see the danger of repeating the mistake with another authoritarian regime.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 28, 2022

War in Ukraine shatters Japan's pacifist dreams

A country cannot defend itself without maintaining combat readiness, especially when it comes to offensive military capabilities. Ordinary people in Japan are beginning to realize this.
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WORLD
Apr 28, 2022

U.S. and Russia swap prisoners amid war tensions

The swap was not part of broader diplomatic talks and did not represent an American change in approach on Ukraine, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2022

The next cybersecurity crisis: Poisoned AI

A lot of machine learning relies on massive data sets of unknown provenance. That's a problem when digital defenses are on the line.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 27, 2022

Japan is losing people, but is it all bad?

Staff writer Alex Martin joins to discuss Japan's declining population, and why one town in Saitama thinks it's not all bad news.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 27, 2022

DJI halts Russia and Ukraine sales to prevent use of its drones in combat

Ukrainian officials and citizens have accused DJI of leaking data on the Ukrainian military to Russia — allegations the firm has called 'utterly false.'

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