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Shoichi Miyakoshi lost his wife in a 2007 earthquake, his home in a second quake in January 2024, and now his temporary accommodation has been flooded by exceptional rain in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture
World

Japan Quake, Flood Victim Attempts Fresh Start With Wife's Memory

French private sector output returned to contraction after the shot in the arm from the Olympics
Business

Eurozone Business Activity Slumps After Olympics Boost

Gisele Pelicot walks with her lawyers as they arrive at the courthouse in the southeastern French city of Avignon during the trial of her former husband Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her
Europe

French Mass Rape Trial Moves On To New Defendants

A handout photo provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows garbage carried by a North Korean balloon that landed in Seoul in JuneNorth Korea has sent hundreds more trash-filled balloons across the border in a fresh blitz, Seoul's military sai
World

South Korea Warns Of 'Decisive' Action Against Trash Balloons

A funeral ceremony in Beirut for three of the slain Hezbollah members
World

Israel Warns Lebanese As Intense Strikes Target Hezbollah

US President Joe Biden (2ndL) is hosting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Delaware home
U.S.

Biden Says China 'Testing Us,' In Hot Mic Remarks To Quad Allies

A funeral ceremony in Beirut for three of the slain Hezbollah members
World

Israel And Hezbollah Urged To Step Back From The Brink

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city near the Russian border, has been hit relentlessly by Russian attacks this year
Europe

Russian Strike On Ukraine's Kharkiv Wounds 21

Brandenburg's state premier Dietmar Woidke from the SPD, seen here casting his ballot, has vowed to resign if the AfD wins
Europe

Scholz's Party Beats Far-right AfD In East German State Vote: Projections

National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said there was 'still time and space for a diplomatic solution'
World

Military Escalation Not In Israel's 'Best Interest': White House

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who organized the 'Summit of the Future,' had billed it as a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to reshape human history
World

UN Adopts Pact To Tackle Volatile Future For Mankind

Billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed died last year
UK

Lawyers Say 'Monster' Late Harrods Owner Abused Dozens Of Women

A Taiwan court ruled that capital punishment was legal, but should be 'limited to special and exceptional circumstances'
World

Taiwan Retains Death Penalty But Limits Use To 'Exceptional' Cases

Gisele Pelicot has won immense admiration
Europe

French Mayor Sorry For 'No One Died' Remark Over Mass Rape Trial

A man holds a walkie-talkie after removing its battery during a funeral in Beirut
World

Israel-Hezbollah Exchanges Intensify On Lebanon Border

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