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BASKETBALL
Apr 8, 2023

Jill Biden stumbles by inviting NCAA winners (and losers) to White House after Women's Final Four

President Joe Biden said both the men’s and women’s basketball champions would be invited to the White House.
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WORLD
Apr 8, 2023

New batch of classified U.S. documents appear on social media sites

The scale of the leak — analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained — along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves, could be hugely damaging, U.S. officials said.
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SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Apr 7, 2023

Sam Kerr hopes Women's World Cup has lasting impact in Australia

Striker Sam Kerr said the Matildas can create a lasting legacy for women's soccer in Australia when they co-host this year's Women's World Cup in the same way Cathy Freeman inspired a generation of athletes at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2023

International law and halting the authoritarian drift

In a globalized world, the task of containing rising authoritarianism cannot be left to individual countries, because one rogue leader’s malfeasance can affect everyone.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 7, 2023

Fred Vasseur says F1 teams agreed on sprint weekend changes

Formula One's first sprint weekend of the season in Azerbaijan at the end of April will have a second qualifying session instead of final practice, with Saturday's 100-km race a standalone event, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said.
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WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine war plans leak prompts Pentagon investigation

The documents do not provide specific battle plans, but to the trained eye of a Russian war analyst, the documents no doubt offer many tantalizing clues.
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WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

NATO countries are divided over giving Ukraine membership, officials say

The United States, Germany and France are resisting pressure from central and Eastern European allies to provide any detailed 'road map” toward membership.
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WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Xi and Macron call for Ukraine peace talks, but the path is murky

It is not clear that the French and Chinese leaders have compatible terms for talks or peace, and Xi has not agreed to push Moscow to negotiate.
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WORLD
Apr 6, 2023

Trump’s charges bring doubts, hopes and uncertainty in both parties

To some Republicans and Democrats, the charges appeared flimsy and less consequential than many had hoped. To others, the case had the potential to reverberate politically.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2023

The tangled inner world of LIV Golf

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been a public cheerleader for LIV, which played two tournaments at his company’s courses last year.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 6, 2023

Twitter’s blue check apocalypse is upon us. Here’s what to know.

Changes on the social media site are likely to make it harder for users to discern real people from impersonators, while making posts from accounts that don't pay less visible.
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BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2023

Japan unions win biggest pay hikes in 30 years, interim tally shows

Labor unions won their biggest pay hikes in 30 years in the 2023 negotiations, Rengo said Wednesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2023

A world with Putin and Trump in the dock

The recent indictments of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and former U.S. President Donald Trump highlight the law’s growing, and potentially dangerous, dominion in politics.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 5, 2023

Is 'Americanness' in peril?

Will the U.S. continue to be exceptional, or will it be transformed into a mediocre nation?
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 5, 2023

Sumo's declining recruitment shows need for fresh ideas

As Japanese children gravitate toward sumo and rugby, the Japan Sumo Association may need to take a more active role in overseeing the sport's grassroots levels.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2023

With eye on China, Japan to offer military aid to like-minded countries

The framework was set up as Tokyo moves away from a strict nonmilitary approach to ties with its neighbors and looks to realize its vision of a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific.'
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WORLD
Apr 5, 2023

Trump charged with 34 felonies in hush-money case

Trump was indicted last week on charges connected to a hush money payment to a porn star — becoming the first former American president to face criminal charges.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2023

U.S. gets new levers from Japan to curb China’s chip ambitions

Japanese companies control key steps in the semiconductor supply chain, which could be used as potential chokepoints against China.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2023

Moderate drinking has no health benefits, analysis of decades of research finds

The review found that the risks of dying prematurely increase significantly for women once they drink 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is less than two standard cocktails.
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WORLD
Apr 5, 2023

Finland joins NATO in a power shift and rebuke to Putin

Finland’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters, a deeply symbolic moment and a stark display of the shifting global dynamics.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 4, 2023

Olympic champion Sunisa Lee targets Paris 2024 despite kidney issue

The American was 18-years-old during the Tokyo Games when she won the all-around title, also taking bronze in the uneven bars and silver in the team event.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2023

North Koreans trapped in 'state-sponsored slavery' in Russia

China and Russia have become loopholes helping the North earn badly needed cash as it deals with the fallout of international sanctions and the pandemic.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2023

Rising number of uncontested seats in Japan sparks calls for change

A quarter of candidates in 41 prefectural assembly elections ran unopposed — the second highest ever — prompting even the winners to call for reforms.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto, trailblazing musician and film composer, dies at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, an award-winning composer and member of pioneering electronic act Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died. He was 71 years old.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2023

Reimagining global development

With the global economy teetering on the edge of a financial crisis, it is time for emerging-market and developing economies to revise their development strategies.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2023

‘On a tightrope’: How Taiwan’s president navigated the U.S. and China

Known for her quiet pragmatism, Tsai Ing-wen has ushered in a new era of American cooperation as worries about Chinese aggression rise.
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WORLD
Apr 3, 2023

A front company and a fake identity: How the U.S. came to use spyware it was trying to kill.

The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. It turns out that not every part of the government has gotten the message.

Longform

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