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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2018
Russia to stop flying U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station in April, increasing pressure on NASA
Russia's contract to ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz rockets will end in April, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2018
Trump won't say when he learned of Michael Cohen payment to Stormy Daniels
President Donald Trump refused Thursday to say whether he knew before the 2016 election about his former lawyer's $130,000 payment to a porn star, but said there was no campaign finance violation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2018
Russia said failing in bid to tap more precise tech to block Telegram messenger services
Russia is experimenting with more precise technology to block individual online services after an attempt to shut down banned messaging service Telegram failed, but Moscow has yet to find a way to shut it down without hitting other traffic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2018
Trump says Jeff Sessions is safe on job at least until November elections
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until the November congressional elections, Bloomberg News reported after interviewing the U.S. leader.
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018
As world changes, Europe rethinks strategic dependence on Trump's U.S.
In 1776, the New World declared independence from the old. Today, it is the Old World that is declaring independence from the new.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2018
A master class in the art of political survival
The Kremlin isn't completely unresponsive to popular opinion, but it won't tolerate dissent that demands radical change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2018
U.S. judge gives partial win to prosecution ahead of Paul Manafort's second trial
A judge overseeing the upcoming second trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday approved the prosecution's request to allow evidence about a Justice Department inspection of Manafort's lobbying activities in the 1980s but limited the scope of what it can show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2018
Democrats aren't talking Trump impeachment but are vowing probes if they prevail in midterms
Democrats demurred on Sunday on whether Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses after he was implicated last week in a potential crime, but promised vigorous investigations if the party takes control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2018
Standoff over Syria: U.S. and Russia trade chemical weapons warnings
The U.S. and Russia exchanged warnings about a possible chemical attack in Syria and a Western military intervention in response, on the eve of what may be one of the decisive campaigns in the Middle Eastern country's civil war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2018
Soviet Union's collapse gets a revisionist view
A new narrative from a former vice president paints Yeltsin as a tool of the U.S. in thwarting the 1991 coup by hardliners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2018
Maersk sends first shipping vessel through Arctic route
A Maersk vessel loaded with Russian fish and South Korean electronics will next week become the first container ship to navigate an Arctic sea route that Russia hopes will become a new shipping highway.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2018
White House denies Trump wrongdoing after Michael Cohen plea deal
The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018
Credit Suisse freezes $5 billion in Russian money due to U.S. sanctions
One of Switzerland's largest banks, Credit Suisse, has frozen roughly 5 billion Swiss francs ($5 billion) of money linked to Russia to avoid falling foul of U.S. sanctions, according to its accounts, further increasing pressure on Moscow.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2018
Billionaire owners of Moscow-based Alfa-Bank lose U.S. suit against ex-U.K. spy Christopher Steele
Former British spy Christopher Steele defeated a defamation lawsuit brought by the billionaire owners of Moscow-based Alfa-Bank over the dossier Steele compiled that examined then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's ties to Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2018
Chinese military to join 'unprecedented' Russian joint exercises for first time
China's military will for the first time participate with Russia in massive joint exercises that are expected to be the largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union as the U.S. rivals look to showcase their deepening ties.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2018
Trump worries that Russia probe interview could be a 'perjury trap'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was worried that any statements under oath he provides to Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him as part of the probe into Russia's electoral interference.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2018
Jury weighs ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort's fate for third day after unsequestered weekend
The jury in the trial of Paul Manafort began deliberating for a third day on Monday about whether to convict the former Trump campaign chairman for financial crimes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2018
Russian accused of spying in U.S. faces 'borderline torture': Moscow
Russia accused the United States of trying to break the spirit in jail of Maria Butina, a woman U.S. authorities say is a Russian government agent, and complained she was being subjected to "borderline torture."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2018
White House counsel interviewed for 30 hours in Russia probe: report
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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2018
Jared Kushner Russia policy role grew after unreported March 2016 Henry Kissinger lunch
In March 2016, as the U.S. foreign policy establishment shunned presidential candidate Donald Trump, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was invited to lunch for a think tank urging engagement with Russia.

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