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Japan ex-governor sent over 1,000 inappropriate texts, probe finds
Japan ex-governor sent over 1,000 inappropriate texts, probe...
Tatsuji Sugimoto, 63, resigned last month, part way into his second term as governor of Fukui prefecture in central Japan after allegations of serial sexual harassment emerged from a whistleblower system.
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Brigitte Bardot died from cancer, husband reveals
Brigitte Bardot died from cancer, husband reveals
The actor dealt with the two procedures very well, Bernard d'Ormale told the magazine, as well-wishers gathered in Saint-Tropez on Wednesday for a church service and burial.
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Japan urges China to drop 'unacceptable' new export controls
Japan urges China to drop 'unacceptable' new export controls
The Chinese commerce ministry said Tuesday that authorities have "hereby decided to strengthen export controls on dual-use items to Japan", effective immediately.
12 hours ago
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Colombian guerrillas fleeing Venezuela after US strike: officer
Colombian guerrillas fleeing Venezuela after US strike: offi...
Bogota has long suspected that leaders of powerful groups such as the National Liberation Army (ELN), which controls cocaine trafficking routes along the border, and factions of the now defunct FARC guerrilla army, live in Venezuela.
13 hours ago
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New Venezuela leader says 'no foreign power' running country
New Venezuela leader says 'no foreign power' running country
Rodriguez, who was vice president under toppled leader Nicolas Maduro, has given mixed signals about how much she is prepared to cooperate with Trump, at times sounding conciliatory, at others defiant.
14 hours ago
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Danish Prime Minister says a US takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO
Danish Prime Minister says a US takeover of Greenland would...
The dead-of-night operation by U.S. forces in Caracas to capture leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife early Saturday left the world stunned, and heightened concerns in Denmark and Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of the Danish kingdom and thus part of NATO.
16 hours ago
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Snow and ice wreak havoc across Europe, causing deadly accidents and travel chaos
Snow and ice wreak havoc across Europe, causing deadly accid...
Authorities in the Landes region of southwestern France reported three dead in accidents, and at least two more people were reportedly killed in the Île-de-France region around Paris, where authorities ordered trucks off the road as snowfall caused huge traffic jams on Monday.
18 hours ago
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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law: UN
US operation in Venezuela undermined international law: UN
"States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state," Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in Geneva.
19 hours ago
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Chalamet takes critics choice best actor for Marty Supreme
Chalamet takes critics choice best actor for Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet won best actor at the Critics Choice Awards for Marty Supreme, emerging as the frontrunner in this year’s Oscars race.
1 day ago
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Thailand says Cambodia violated truce with cross-border 'accident'
Thailand says Cambodia violated truce with cross-border 'acc...
A decades-old border dispute between the Southeast Asian nations erupted into military clashes several times last year, with fighting in December killing dozens of people and displacing around one million on both sides.
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