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Anti-LGBTQ remarks from top aide in Japan sparks outrage and hope for change

5:22pm February 10, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

A top aide to Japan's prime minister made discriminatory remarks about sexual minorities, leading to a wave of public outrage, but also to some hopes for reform.

Economy

Here's what happened with Adani — and what the fallout could be for India's economy

5:09pm February 10, 2023

The Adani Group, one of India's largest conglomerates, has lost billions in market value after being accused of fraud. The company has denied everything.

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This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Sunday.

What we know so far about the suspected Chinese spy balloon and FBI probe

3:35pm February 09, 2023

FBI and State Department officials gave reporters an update on some of what the U.S. has learned so far about the balloon.

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Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

10:13am February 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Australia will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

Kim Jong Un made another rare public appearance alongside his daughter Kim Ju Ae

5:05am February 09, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's leader and his nine-year-old daughter appearing at a military banquet. Many believe he's grooming her to be his successor.

The death of another Filipino working overseas has shocked the Philippines

5:05am February 09, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

Every year millions of Filipinos leave their homeland to work overseas, sending billions of dollars back home. The death of a female overseas Filipino worker has shaken the country to its core.

A woman pays her respects as she displays a note near the entrance to a female lavatory at Sindang station in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2022. Seoul Metro employee Jeon Joo-hwan was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his colleague to death in the metro station's women's public toilet the day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her.

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A South Korean man is sentenced to 40 years in a stalking and murder case

11:41am February 08, 2023

by Se Eun Gong

The man was convicted of killing a female colleague in a Seoul subway station last year, a day before he was to be sentenced on stalking charges. This has led to calls for better protection for women.

People walk among the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed.

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Malaysian Airlines shootdown probe finds 'strong indications' Putin approved missiles

11:05am February 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

Investigators said they found that the Russian president likely approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a feast to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

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Kim Jong Un celebrated North Korea's army. Will he also display new weapons?

9:55am February 08, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

His young daughter Kim Ju Ae also attended. Some observers interpret this as Kim's message that nuclear weapons will protect future generations of North Koreans.

After blocking Wikipedia over blasphemous continent, Pakistan lifts ban

8:12am February 08, 2023

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan briefly blocked Wikipedia for what officials described as "sacrilegious" content. It was lifted after it attracted international attention, but other sites remain blocked in Pakistan

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