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People look at the ruins of the fire-hit Tanga market in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2022. A fire broke out on the night of Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected…

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart scheduled an in-person hearing on Thursday in Florida regarding the unsealing of FBI records related to last week’s raid of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.The hearing is set to be held Aug.…

The four-day Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the first time in three years that the traditional festival has had spectators in the outdoor stands amid the coronavirus…

LONDON (AP) — It’s not just the economy. While inflation and recession fearsweigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U.K. and Australia to the U.S. and beyond: the “China…

The four-day Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the first time in three years that the traditional festival has had spectators in the outdoor stands amid the coronavirus…

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent. The Zaporizhzhia plant is in southern Ukraine, near the town of Enerhodar on the…

Sunflowers are in full bloom in a field near Kyiv on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Nagasaki to urge nuclear abolition as city…

Costume role players perform during the World Cosplay Championship at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an escalation in a conflict that has killed at least 15 people in the coastal strip.…

TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head of the United Nations, warned against nuclear weapons buildup and as fears grow of another such attack amid Russia’s war on…