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Japan, US discuss jump in coronavirus cases at US military bases
World
July 13, 2020
Japan, US discuss jump in coronavirus cases at US military bases
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States are sharing information about coronavirus infections at US military bases after an…
Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings
World
July 11, 2020
Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and India on…
Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
World
July 7, 2020
Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
TOKYO (AP) — Soldiers rescued residents on boats as floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns hit by deadly…
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
World
July 5, 2020
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
TOKYO (Reuters) – The death toll from floods and landslides unleashed by torrential rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu…
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
World
July 4, 2020
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people…
The Latest: Recoveries in Pakistan hit 50 percent, cases still up
World
July 1, 2020
The Latest: Recoveries in Pakistan hit 50 percent, cases still up
ISLAMABAD — The number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus in Pakistan has surpassed 100,000, about 50 percent…
Will the Arab youth save Europe and America demographically?
Opinion
June 24, 2020
Will the Arab youth save Europe and America demographically?
I recently read a book titled “What to Expect When No One’s Expecting” by the American writer Jonathan V. Last.…
Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay
World
June 19, 2020
Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not — play ball. After a three-month delay…
Tokyo Olympics will be safe, governor says
World
June 13, 2020
Tokyo Olympics will be safe, governor says
Next year’s Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a “120-percent effort”…
It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo, confirms senior Olympic official
World
June 6, 2020
It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo, confirms senior Olympic official
High-ranking Olympic official Pierre-Olivier Beckers on Saturday made plain that the delayed Tokyo Olympics “will be held in 2021 or…