F1 selfie
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March 4, 2023, 8:51 PM
A woman takes a selfie with AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda of Japan before the third Formula One free practice at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on…
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Israelis protest legal overhaul plans for 9th week
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israelis-protest-legal-overhaul-plans-for-9th-week
March 4, 2023, 9:24 PM
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country's legal system, as the government pressed on with the proposed…
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Author Marianne Williamson becomes 1st Democrat to formally challenge Biden in 2024
https://japantoday.com/category/world/marianne-williamson-opens-long-shot-2024-challenge-to-biden
March 4, 2023, 9:23 PM
Self-help author Marianne Williamson, whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency on…
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Arsenal stays in control of EPL race with last-gasp goal
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/arsenal-stays-in-control-of-epl-race-with-last-gasp-goal
March 4, 2023, 9:33 PM
The first goal could barely have come earlier.
The winning goal couldn't have been scored any later.
Arsenal went through a roller coaster of emotions when pulling off…
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Medvedev tops Rublev in Dubai final for third straight title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/medvedev-tops-rublev-in-dubai-final-for-third-straight-title
March 4, 2023, 9:23 PM
Daniil Medvedev won his 18th tour-level title and third in a row by beating Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-2 in an all-Russian final at the Dubai Championships on Saturday.…
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Mediterranean countries push for EU solidarity on migration
https://japantoday.com/category/world/5-med-countries-push-for-more-solidarity-in-migrant-crisis
March 4, 2023, 9:24 PM
Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not…
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Man suspected of killing university student with thallium
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-kyoto-man-allegedly-murdered-female-univ.-student-with-poison
March 4, 2023, 9:19 PM
Osaka police have arrested a man suspected in the poisoning death of a university student in Kyoto in October last year and sent him to prosecutors on Saturday…
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UK says Falklands are British as Argentina seeks new talks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-says-falklands-are-british-as-argentina-seeks-new-talks
March 4, 2023, 9:24 PM
Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked…
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Civilians flee embattled Ukrainian town of Bakhmut
https://japantoday.com/category/world/civilians-flee-embattled-town-as-ukrainian-pullout-looms
March 4, 2023, 9:23 PM
Pressure from Russian forces mounted Saturday on Ukrainians hunkered down in Bakhmut, as residents attempted to flee with help from troops who Western analysts say may be preparing…
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North Korea says U.S. causing international arms control collapse
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-says-us-causing-international-arms-control-collapse
March 4, 2023, 9:24 PM
North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for what it said was the collapse of international arms control systems and said Pyongyang's nuclear weapons were a just…
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Japan, S Korea eye package to resolve wartime labor, other issues
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-s.-korea-eye-package-to-resolve-wartime-labor-other-issues
March 4, 2023, 9:18 PM
Japan and South Korea are considering settling a dispute over wartime labor compensation and other pending bilateral issues in a package deal amid a growing momentum toward improving…
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Skier Shiffrin's quest for 86th win extended after downhill
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/skier-shiffrin%27s-quest-for-86th-win-extended-after-downhill
March 4, 2023, 9:23 PM
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished tied for fifth in a World Cup downhill Saturday and had her quest for a record-tying 86th career victory extended by at least…
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In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/in-britain-%E2%80%98warm-hubs%E2%80%99-emerge-to-beat-soaring-energy-costs
March 4, 2023, 9:23 PM
On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare’s birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge. Visitors are having meetings over coffee, checking emails, writing…
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Olympic ticket sales for Paris Games get off to rocky start
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympic-ticket-sales-for-paris-games-gets-off-to-rocky-start
March 4, 2023, 9:22 PM
Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and “egalitarian” access to events, thanks to an online system meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the…
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U.N. chief slams rich countries, energy giants for 'vicious' tactics against poor
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-chief-condemns-rich-countries-%27vicious%27-tactics-against-poor
March 4, 2023, 7:14 AM
U.N. leader Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world's rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with "predatory" interest rates and crippling fuel prices.
Guterres told…
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'Barefoot Gen' manga removal from Hiroshima program sparks backlash
https://japantoday.com/category/national/barefoot-gen-manga-removal-from-hiroshima-program-sparks-backlash
March 4, 2023, 9:20 PM
The education board of Hiroshima has decided to withdraw the famous "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) comic depicting the atomic bombing of the western Japan city from its…
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Japan, Australia to tie up on hydrogen supply for zero emissions Asia
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-australia-to-tie-up-on-hydrogen-supply-for-zero-emissions-asia
March 4, 2023, 9:56 AM
Japan announced Saturday the launch of a hydrogen supply chain with Australia as the two countries and Southeast Asian nations gathered for their first ministerial meeting on the…
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Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Heat' actor, dies at 61
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/tom-sizemore-%27saving-private-ryan%27-actor-dies-at-61
March 4, 2023, 4:22 AM
Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age…
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Hong Kong court convicts 3 activists behind Tiananmen vigil
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil
March 4, 2023, 4:24 AM
Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities…
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Japan reports 10,431 new coronavirus cases
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March 4, 2023, 11:59 AM
Japan on Saturday reported 10,431 new coronavirus cases, down 91 from Friday. Tokyo reported 795 new cases, up 59 from Friday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Man says he kept parents' bodies in house for 10 years so he could collect their pensions
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-says-he-kept-parents%27-bodies-in-house-for-10-years-so-he-could-collect-their-pensions
March 4, 2023, 9:25 PM
Police in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud and failing to report the deaths of his parents whose bodies he kept in…
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Students hospitalized after eating teacher’s homemade yogurt
https://japantoday.com/category/national/students-hospitalized-after-eating-teacher%E2%80%99s-homemade-yogurt-in-nagoya
March 4, 2023, 7:16 AM
It’s a teacher’s duty to nourish their students’ minds. Providing nutritional nourishment, though, is generally something better left to the school kitchen staff, as an incident this week…
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John Mellencamp donates archives to Indiana University
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/john-mellencamp-donates-archives-to-indiana-university
March 4, 2023, 9:30 PM
Hoosier rocker John Mellencamp is donating an archived collection of his life and work to Indiana University, IU President Pamela Whitten announced Friday.
The collection will include original…
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Wimbledon to scrap Russia player ban: reports
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/wimbledon-to-scrap-russia-player-ban-reports
March 4, 2023, 12:09 PM
British tennis chiefs are set to abandon their controversial ban on Russian and Belarusian players ahead of this year's Wimbledon championships, it was reported Friday.
Following Russia's invasion…
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Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed in February
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-had-cancerous-skin-lesion-removed-in-february
March 3, 2023, 9:25 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest in February, his doctor said Friday.
The lesion, detected during a routine medical…
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Russians pound access routes to Ukraine's besieged Bakhmut
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March 4, 2023, 4:19 AM
Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory…
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Nan Goldin is going to the Oscars, and she wants to win
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/nan-goldin-is-going-to-the-oscars-and-she-wants-to-win
March 3, 2023, 9:21 PM
It's not always emphasized, given that she's one of the most groundbreaking still photographers of the past 50 years. But Nan Goldin is a movie buff. Big time.…
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First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years
https://japantoday.com/category/world/first-evidence-for-horseback-riding-dates-back-5-000-years
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding – an innovation that would transform history – in 5,000 year old human skeletons in central Europe.
“When…
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Ford to raise production as U.S. auto sales start to recover
https://japantoday.com/category/business/ford-to-raise-production-as-us-auto-sales-start-to-recover
March 3, 2023, 9:23 PM
Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in…
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New York Times embroiled in debate over transgender coverage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-york-times-embroiled-in-debate-over-transgender-coverage
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
The New York Times -- a torchbearer for the liberal left in America -- is facing flak for its coverage of transgender people, a criticism the newspaper flatly…
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