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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 16, 2019
North Korean leader visits sacred mountain as speculation grows of fresh provocation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made yet another improbable trek to the top of 2,744-meter-high (9,003-feet-high) Mount Paektu, which the country calls "the sacred mountain of the revolution" — and this time, he did it atop a white steed.
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BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2019
GM and union close to deal to end month-long UAW strike after CEO Mary Barra joins talks: sources
General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers union were near a deal on Tuesday to end a 30-day strike that has cost the automaker about $2 billion after Chief Executive Mary Barra and President Mark Reuss took part in contract talks, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2019
Career U.S. diplomat, long foe of Kyiv corruption, testifies at House impeachment inquiry on Trump's Ukraine dealings
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday questioned George Kent, a U.S. career diplomat who has spent much of his career fighting corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2019
In election fight, Canada's Trudeau says he needs voter support to stand up to Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who looks set to lose his parliamentary majority after an Oct. 21 election, said on Monday he needed a strong government to keep standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2019
Deep South's only Democratic governor faces November run-off
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards failed to garner more than half of the votes in Saturday's primary election, forcing him into a run-off with Republican candidate Eddie Rispone to be held Nov. 16.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2019
Khamenei tells Iran's Revolutionary Guard to develop advanced, modern weapons
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, amid increasingly tense disputes with the United States and Gulf Arab states.
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BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2019
Boeing CEO, removed as chairman, seen nearing last chance on 737 Max
The clock is ticking ever more loudly for Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg as the grounding of the 737 Max hits the seven-month mark.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2019
Secret testimony aimed at keeping Trump in the dark, says Adam Schiff
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff defended holding testimony behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry he's heading up against President Donald Trump, likening this phase of the investigation to a "grand jury."
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2019
Trump's dangerous war on the National Security Council
An undisciplined U.S. president and weakened advisers are a recipe for disaster.
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JAPAN
Oct 13, 2019
North Korea demands Japan pay compensation over sinking of fishing boat
North Korea has “strongly demanded” Japan pay compensation for a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a Fisheries Agency patrol boat in the Sea of Japan.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2019
Trump impeachment is a deep Democratic coup against Warren
The old DNC cabal is more interested in getting rid of the progressives in their own party than in defeating Trump.
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BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2019
First day of U.S.-China trade talks end with hopes for limited deal
Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their first day of trade talks in more than two months on Thursday, as business groups expressed optimism the two sides might be able to ease a 15-month trade war and delay a U.S. tariff hike scheduled for next week.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 11, 2019
U.S. and Turkey's moves give Assad hope of regaining control over most of Syria
For the eight years that Syria has been mired in a civil war that has claimed more than half a million lives, the U.S. and Turkey have been among the fiercest critics of President Bashar Assad's regime, arming his opponents and condemning his abuses.
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WORLD
Oct 11, 2019
Republicans in U.S. House seek sanctions on Turkey over offensive against Kurds in Syria
Twenty-nine of President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions against Turkey, underscoring lawmakers unhappiness about its assault on Kurdish forces in Syria.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2019
House Democrats subpoena U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Trump impeachment probe
Congressional Democrats issued a subpoena for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday over any possible role he played in President Donald Trump's effort to get Ukraine's president to investigate a political rival.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2019
Trump claims he does not know the two arrested associates of Rudy Giuliani despite being in photo with them
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he does not know the two associates of his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, who were arrested, even if they are in a picture with him.
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WORLD
Oct 11, 2019
Trump confirms al-Qaida mastermind of 'underwear bomber' attempt and other attacks was killed in 2017 in Yemen
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that al-Qaida's top bomb-maker, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, believed to be the mastermind behind the failed bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner in 2009, has been killed.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2019
Deutsche Bank tells New York court it does not hold Trump's tax returns
Deutsche Bank said in a letter to a U.S. court that it does not hold copies of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax returns, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2019
Canada's Conservatives pledge to limit illegal border crossings from U.S. by migrants
Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer pledged on Wednesday that if elected his party would take steps to limit illegal border crossings by migrants who first travel to the United States and then proceed to Canada.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019
U.K.'s Johnson urges Trump to reconsider allowing diplomatic immunity for suspect in fatal car crash
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider a decision to let a U.S. diplomat's wife use diplomatic immunity after her involvement in a fatal car crash, Downing Street said on Wednesday.

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