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Venezuela weighs OPEC exit after decades as it deepens U.S. ties
The move would illustrate the sweeping political realignment in Caracas since U.S. President Donald Trump ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and t
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Anthropic tests new way for Claude to work with robots and scientific lab tools
The new software standard essentially stores information for artificial intelligence assistants to understand how a piece of hardware works.
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Cuba readies to kick off school year despite scant supplies
Nearly 1.4 million children and adolescents will head back to school at the start of September.
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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes agai
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Swallowed by silt: Survivors recount Nepal flood horror
A tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through villages and towns along Nepal's Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers on Wednesday, with hundr
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Faster Tokyo inflation supports near-term BOJ rate hike case
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.8% in August from a year earlier, picking up a tad after rising 1.7% in July, the inter
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Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene and welfare concerns
The nation has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped spaces.
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U.N. urges child-safe design across social media, after Meta settlement
The settlement resolved claims that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and un
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Sloppy Springboks look to clean up mistakes in second test against New Zealand
South Africa has not lost two games in a row since 2022, and has not done so at home in 11 years.
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Glacier collapse behind Nepal flood highlights region’s climate risk
Similar events are becoming more frequent as global warming accelerates the ongoing thaw in the Himalayas.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho seeking more than goals from superstar Kylian Mbappe
The French forward hit a hat trick as Jose Mourinho's team steamrollered Real Sociedad on Wednesday.
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‘Numakage Public Pool’ documents the demise of a third space
Shinga Ota's "hybrid documentary" is a bittersweet lament for a community hub facing its final weeks.
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‘I Don’t Know You’: A provocative, humanist drama with no easy answers
Ryota Nakano's latest film is anchored by strong performances from Kentaro Sakaguchi and Ikoi Hayase.
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Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm
Meta's move to restrict teenagers' use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young people online, Austral
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Nepal floods test 36-year-old PM with huge rebuilding challenge
Shah faces a costly recovery just as Nepal's $45 billion economy is being squeezed by higher fuel costs, weaker tourism and slowing growth.
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From Tamagotchi to Plarail, Tokyo Toy Show kicks off
The Tokyo Toy Show will run through Sunday at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.
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Japanese economic report cites need to closely monitor impact of natural disasters
The reference to natural disasters was added in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28 and a downpour
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Japan to subsidize trips to quake-hit Kyushu region among other measures
Details of the travel program will be decided at a later date, but the government is considering subsidizing 60% of the fees for trips to so
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Japanese delegation falls short in bid to mend ties during rare China visit
The visit by the lawmakers was the first since relations faltered after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remarks that Japan could in
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Takaichi begins meeting with LDP executives ahead of expected Cabinet reshuffle
Personnel changes would come as her administration looks to shore up public support and strengthen its position within the party before the
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China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job — yet
Though the country's robot makers produce world-beating hardware, the humanoids currently lack the intelligence needed for general-purpose w
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China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ law is already harming Uyghurs
China's new ethnic‑unity law is already driving forced assimilation at home and enabling repression abroad, prompting urgent calls for globa
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Rescuers seek nearly 1,500 still missing in Nepal and China after flash flood
Television images showed collapsed homes, floating cars and a metal bridge being washed away, while witnesses said the waters engulfed entir
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Glacier collapse and ice avalanche likely fueled deadly Nepal flash flood
Researchers have long sounded alarm bells on the vulnerability of the so-called Third Pole to warming temperatures, and about the rising pot
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