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Nihon Hidankyo awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to achieve nuclear-free world

[ad_1] Nihon Hidankyo, an atomic bomb survivors group based in Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons — the first time in 50 years that a Japanese recipient has been awarded the prize.Joergen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said it awarded the organization with the honor for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.“The extraordinary efforts […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Can’t stop tossing and turning at night? Perhaps a bedtime story would help.

[ad_1] “For tonight’s story, we take a trip to Namibia in Africa, where I traveled a long time ago,” a narrator says gently, ambient organ music playing in the background, as she recalls her visit to Etosha National Park.“The brown, arid land stretches 360 degrees around the park, and you can see everything from a great distance. You can even see grasslands rustling far away ...”So begins the 10-minute episode, one of several stories told by Satoko Suzuki on the […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Japan wakes up to the market for a proper sleep

[ad_1] A famous proverb says time is money. So too is sleep, it seems.A study published in Rand Health Quarterly in 2017 examined the economic burden of insufficient sleep across five OECD countries: Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It estimated that the various health and mortality risks from lack of sleep could lead to substantial loss — up to $411 billion annually, or 2.28% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the U.S., and as […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Lupita Nyong’o condemns deadly crackdown on Kenya protests

[ad_1] Getty ImagesActress Lupita Nyong'o has condemned the Kenyan authorities' crackdown on huge anti-tax protests that began in June.Demonstrators were met with police brutality, according to rights groups, with dozens of people killed and numerous others abducted.Nyong'o, whose father was jailed and tortured under a former president, Daniel arap Moi, told the BBC: "It is chilling to know that this government is resorting to tactics that I had thought had been left in the past."In response, the government said it […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Japan

A dangerous dance for Israel and Iran

[ad_1] STANFORD, California – Iran and Israel have long been locked in a volatile confrontation — a cold war chronically in danger of turning hot.Weaponizing a peculiar brand of Islam that denigrates nationalism in favor of an Islamic state, Iran’s clerical regime has partly defined its divine mission as requiring Israel’s elimination. To that end, Iran has created and armed proxies across the region, from Gaza and Lebanon to Syria and Yemen.In recent months, however, the proxy warfare and clandestine […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Yankees advance in MLB playoffs as Guardians stay alive

[ad_1] The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Thursday to advance in the MLB playoffs as the Cleveland Guardians kept their season alive with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton drove in runs for the Yankees, and pitching ace Gerrit Cole surrendered just one run over seven sparkling innings as New York clinched its best-of-five American League Division Series 3-1 to reach the American League Championship Series.The Yankees will […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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Widespread overwork and stress found in Japan’s arts and health sectors

[ad_1] The health ministry has found widespread examples of overwork and work-related stress in the entertainment and health care industries, it said in its 2024 white paper on karōshi (death from overwork) prevention measures released Friday.A survey conducted between October and December 2023 in the arts and entertainment sector found that over 40% of technical staff and stage directors worked 60 hours or more in a week. Meanwhile, 60% of directors and producers had one day or less off per […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

News

Nigeria: Team Nigeria May Miss 15th African Scrabble Championship in Kigali

[ad_1] Unless a miracle happens, Team Nigeria may not participate in this year's African Scrabble Championships holding in Kigali, Rwanda this month. The Africa Scrabble Championship now in its 15th edition is the continent's flagship event featuring the best of African Scrabble players and it is held biennially. This year's edition coincides with the 30th anniversary celebration of PANASA. Nigeria has consistently dominated the event, with University of Lagos graduate Enoch Nwali holding the individual title and the country's contingent […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Federal Govt Declares Sept 16 National Symbols Enlightenment Day

[ad_1] The federal government has declared the 16th of September of every year as the national enlightenment day in Nigeria for the promotion of national symbols and values. This was made known on Thursday by the Kano State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) Rabiu Ado during a press conference on the ongoing nationwide sensitisation on the national anthem and the national values charter Ado explained that in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, the […]

todayOctober 12, 2024

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