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BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 16, 2020

B. League All-Star Game to become two-day event

The first night of the All-Star event will feature a skills challenge, dunk contest and three-point contest. The All-Star Game will be played the next day.
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JAPAN
Nov 16, 2020

Hokkaido city calls in ‘Monster Wolf' to scare off wild bears

A mechanical wolf with fake fur, bared fangs and flashing red eyes is keeping residents and crops safe in the face of increasing encounters with bears.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 16, 2020

With progressive politics on march in New Zealand, Maori minister blazes new trails

Nanaia Mahuta's excitement reflects a global desire among progressives for a shift away from the chauvinist, right-wing populism that has shaped the past four years in some countries.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2020

Thai women use pro-democracy protests to challenge sexism

Napawn Somsak took to the stage in her school uniform, her hair in pigtails, to denounce sexism in Thai society and question the treatment of a royal princess — an act unthinkable before the protests that have roiled the country in recent months.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 14, 2020

Subsidizing fertility treatment leaves Japanese gynecologists in a bind

Fertility treatments are not covered by national health insurance because, in most cases, infertility is not defined as an ailment.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 14, 2020

Boris Johnson clears out his Brexit gang to take back control

Boris Johnson was livid, and so was Dominic Cummings. After a series of rows that boiled down to who was really running Britain, the prime minister threw his most powerful adviser out of Downing Street on Friday.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2020

As soon as Trump leaves office, he faces greater risk of prosecution

The president is more vulnerable than ever to an investigation into his business practices and taxes.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2020

Truth and de-Trumpification

Historically, plenty of other countries' transitions from authoritarianism have been characterized by a willingness to leave former power-holders unpunished.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2020

Boris Johnson’s top aide to quit, throwing PM's political project into doubt

Dominic Cummings has been at the premier's side since he took power in July 2019, and was the mastermind of the successful Brexit referendum campaign.
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WORLD
Nov 13, 2020

How one firm drove influence campaigns for big oil across the U.S.

In early 2017 the Texans for Natural Gas website went live, urging voters to "thank a roughneck” and support fracking. Around the same time, the Arctic Energy Center ramped up its advocacy for drilling in Alaskan waters and in a vast Arctic wildlife refuge. The next year, the Main Street Investors...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 13, 2020

Trump’s Taiwan and Hong Kong support poses early test for Biden

Biden faces a tough choice on China: Restore the status quo and face accusations of weakness, or continue Trump's provocations and risk undercutting cooperation with Beijing.
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OLYMPICS
Nov 12, 2020

Hope rises for Tokyo Games after gymnastics event sticks the landing

Tuesday also brought a small ray of hope for Olympic organizers, as drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective per initial trial results.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2020

New technology claims to pinpoint even small methane leaks from space

The development comes amid growing alarm about methane's role driving global warming.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2020

Trump’s election tactics put him in unsavory company

Trump has joined a club of truculent leaders who, regardless of what voters decide, declare themselves the winners of elections.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2020

Fighting election results, Trump employs a new weapon: the government

The standoff left the United States in the position of the kind of country whose weak democratic processes it often criticizes.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2020

Hong Kong opposition quits en masse to protest new China powers

The resignations came after China moved to disqualify unpatriotic lawmakers, one of Beijing's strongest moves yet to stifle dissent in the territory.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2020

G20 countries still backing fossil fuels through COVID-19 response

Despite repeated pledges to end subsidies for oil, gas and coal, G20 governments continue to fund fossil fuels, with the COVID-19 crisis doing little to change that, a new report says.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2020

Trump quickly remakes Pentagon leadership as critics see crisis

A flurry of changes in the Pentagon’s top ranks is underway as President Donald Trump elevates longtime allies in moves that critics say sends a signal of turmoil in the leadership of the U.S. military just after a contentious election.
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BASKETBALL
Nov 10, 2020

Japan women's coach Tom Hovasse looks to unearth new talent at camp

The Akatsuki Five's first meeting in nine months offers the American coach a look at players who might not have made his Olympic roster if the games had taken place as scheduled.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 10, 2020

Could listening to the deep sea help save it?

Scientists have been capturing the sounds of the ocean off Japan in a bid to understand the mysteries of the world below the surface.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2020

Microsoft sets sights on Sony’s home turf in console clash

As the Xbox has virtually zero presence in Japan, there is plenty of room for it to increase its share of the market.
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WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2020

Trump’s environmental legacy may be lasting harm to the climate

Greenhouse pollution accumulates in the atmosphere, so the heat-trapping gases emitted as a result of loosened regulations will remain for decades, regardless of policy shifts.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2020

Hong Kong’s opposition to quit if China disqualifies any members

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy politicians said they would quit en masse if Beijing moves to disqualify any individual members of the Legislative Council.

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