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TOKYO (AP) — Yohei Kono, a veteran Japanese politician who as top government spokesperson offered a historic apology to Asian women over sexual abuses by Japan’s wartime military, has died, officials said. He was 89. Kono had placed great importance on promoting friendly ties with China, South Korea and other Asian countries that suffered Japanese atrocities before and during World War II. He died of old age Monday, according to […]

By Frank Pingue TORONTO, June 10 (Reuters) – Canada will carry immense pressure into their World Cup opener when, in perhaps the most seminal moment in the country’s soccer history, they face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday in front of a partisan home crowd with both teams seeking a first-ever knockout stage berth. Canada’s quest for respectability on the global stage has been nothing short of painful, and six defeats […]

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, June 10 (Reuters) – Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed. The cyclone-induced floods and landslides killed at least 1,200 people and damaged around 300,000 homes, with environmental groups blaming the extent of the damage on the rapid deforestation of Sumatra […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – Researchers working to solve the mysteries of neutrinos have unveiled the first scientific findings from a new underground facility in China – the most precise measurements yet of certain aspects of these ghostly subatomic particles. The data comes from the JUNO – short for Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory – facility using a particle detector built under about 2,130 feet (650 meters) of […]

By Anna Pruchnicka June 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s police chief has accused Russia of recruiting teenage Ukrainian girls to kill Ukrainian military personnel, following the arrest of a 17-year-old suspected of murdering a serviceman on the instructions of a Russian operative. In an interview published on Wednesday by Ukrainian media outlet Cenzor.NET, national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said there had this year been six cases of contract killings arranged via […]

By Jody Godoy June 10 (Reuters) – A California state court judge denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury found them liable for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, sources familiar with the ruling confirmed on Wednesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl ruled on the motions on Tuesday, according to court documents. The order stating her […]

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – Brett Matsumoto, an economist nominated by President Donald Trump to be the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, on Wednesday said he was committed to the agency’s integrity and independence, adding that he believes strongly in its mission to produce high-quality and “objective” data on the U.S. economy. Matsumoto, who is on leave from the economic data agency to work at the White House’s Council of […]

(AP) – Honda is recalling more than 800,000 vehicles because rear suspension components may fail and cause drivers to lose control, increasing the chances of a crash or injury. American Honda Motor Co. said the recall covers certain 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport and 2014-2020 Acura MDX vehicles. The recall includes 880,514 vehicles that were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, […]

UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank (AP) — As the FIFA World Cup gets underway on June 11, with Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia among the Arab nations set to compete, soccer remains both a passion and a struggle for many Palestinians in the Israeli- occupied West Bank. The Palestinian national team came agonizingly close to qualifying for the tournament but fell just short of reaching the 48-team field. Still, […]