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Biden cancels Australia and Papua New Guinea visit as debt limit crisis looms
President, who will still visit Japan for G7 summit, hosts new talks with congressional leadersJoe Biden has c…
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Japanese firm’s pioneering moon landing fails
Ispace loses communication with Hakuto-R lunar lander, ending a mission that began more than four months agoA …
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Montevideo Maru: wreck of ship sunk in Australia’s worst maritime disaster found after 80 years
About 1,060 WWII prisoners died when the ship, which has now been found in the South China Sea, was sunk by an…
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DeSantis to meet UK foreign secretary with eye on US presidential bid
Florida governor lines up four-nation tour in attempt to boost credentials as credible leader on world stageRo…
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Mona Chalabi’s datablog: Iraq war leukemia rates worse than after Hiroshima bombing
Bombing of Falluja preceded 2,200% increase in leukemia rates, as well as 1,260% increase in childhood cancerT…
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Chip war: Japan and Netherlands expected to join US in ban on tech exports to China
Washington officials appear to confirm deal to restrict export of semiconductor manufacturing technology to Ch…
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Ex-Russian president suggests Japanese PM should ritually disembowel himself
Dmitry Medvedev accuses Fumio Kishida of shameful subservience to US after Joe Biden meetingFormer Russian pre…
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Japan’s PM vows to modernise military for new era of threats
Fumio Kishida outlines step change in US-Japan security alliance after White House meeting with Joe BidenJapan…
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The world economy faces a huge stress test in 2023 | Kenneth Rogoff
With inflation on the rise and the era of ultra-low interest rates over, there could well be a systemic crisis…
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Plant-based diet can cut bowel cancer risk in men by 22%, says study
Researchers find no such link for women, suggesting connection between diet and bowel cancer is clearer for me…
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‘There was one prima donna on Star Trek’: George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an ‘enemy alien’
TV made him a star, but activism turned him into a hero. Now 85 and still going strong, the actor remembers hi…
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles in fourth launch in a week after naval drills
Launch follows joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the US and visit by Kamala HarrisNorth Korea ha…
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Weather tracker: storms batter Alaska, Caribbean and Japan
Hurricane causes blackout across Puerto Rico while typhoon forces 8m to flee homes in JapanIt has been very ac…
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Cost of living crisis: what are the rest of the G7 doing?
From generous one-off benefit payments to caps on rent increases, state intervention is taking shape across th…
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Truss and Kwarteng in fresh push to persuade SoftBank to list Arm in UK
Cambridge-based chip designer’s owner prefers US to London but PM and chancellor aim to revive talksLiz Truss …
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‘Constant and reassuring’: global media reaction to the death of the Queen
New York Times says Elizabeth II ‘projected stability’; Japan’s Asahi Shimbun says she ‘cared about post-war r…
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Friend or foe: what world leaders think of Liz Truss
The probable next prime minister attracts mixed reactions abroad, from dislike in Moscow to irritation in Fran…
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Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan: calls for calm in Asia as US-China tensions rise
South Korea calls for dialogue and Japan conveys concerns over drills, while North Korea praises ChinaThe hist…
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US airman who rescued film of A-bomb horrors is honoured at last
Cameraman Daniel McGovern copied footage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation to ensure lessons were learnedT…
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‘Logic of brute force’ is rising in Indo-Pacific, says Japan amid China concerns
Japan’s foreign minister tells Washington audience world at ‘historical crossroads’ and that Russian invasion …