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Ministry reports issues facing bookstores

[ad_1] The industry ministry has released a report listing challenges facing bookstores in the country, including low profit margins and fierce competition with online stores. Based on the report, released Friday, the ministry will set up by year-end a liaison committee of officials from relevant government agencies to fully launch discussions on support measures for bookstores. The report, which was drawn up at a time when the number of bookstores continues falling, noted that digitalization has led to decreases in […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Kais Saied seeks new presidential term with one candidate in jail

[ad_1] Getty ImagesTunisia's President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all but certain to win.More than a dozen politicians had hoped to challenge him, but the electoral commission approved only two additional names for the ballot paper.And one of those, Ayachi Zammel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for falsifying documents just five days before the poll.Tunisia was where the […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Trump rallies with Elon Musk at site of assassination attempt

[ad_1] Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump rallied supporters at the site of a July assassination attempt, returning to the Pennsylvania venue where a gunman’s bullet bloodied his ear and upended the presidential campaign."I return to Butler in the aftermath of tragedy and heartache to deliver a simple message to the people of Pennsylvania and to the people of America,” Trump told the crowd Saturday. Our movement, he said, is "nearer to victory than ever before.”Trump invited billionaire Elon Musk […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo faces strong challenge from Venâncio Mondlane

[ad_1] AFPMozambique is set for a watershed election that will see a change of the presidential guard, with the era of leaders who forged their careers in the trenches of the independence war against Portuguese rule coming to an end.For the first time, the once all-powerful Frelimo party is fielding a presidential candidate who was born after independence - the charismatic 47-year-old Daniel Chapo, who it hopes will rally voters fed up with its 49-year rule.“In some places Frelimo campaign […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Study documents extinction of 610 bird species and ecological impacts 

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its isolated ecosystem but unprepared for the arrival of people, was first encountered by Dutch sailors in 1598. Hunting, habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species doomed it in under 80 years. It is hardly alone. New research has documented the extinction of 610 bird species over the […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – The waves of Japanese tourists that have descended on Dodger Stadium since Shohei Ohtani joined the club this season could provide a boost to the Japanese sensation as he embarks on his first MLB postseason this weekend.Ohtani-mania was on full display hours before a recent game at the scenic ballpark in Los Angeles, with fans freshly off their flights from Japan heaping praise on their country's hero."He's a genius baseball player," said Kyoko Shiratani. "We are […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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11 Japanese nationals flee Lebanon on SDF plane

[ad_1] Eleven Japanese nationals and five foreign nationals have fled Lebanon for Jordan aboard a Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft, the Japanese government said Friday. This was the first evacuation of Japanese nationals from Lebanon using SDF aircraft since tensions flared up in the Middle East in October last year. A similar mission has been conducted twice in Israel. About 50 Japanese nationals stayed in Lebanon as of Thursday, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. The ministry has urged […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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Government looks to improve safety at Japan’s dangerous railway crossings

[ad_1] The transport ministry plans to support the installation from fiscal 2025 of manually operated gates and fences at Class 4 railway crossings, which do not have alarms or barriers, in order to boost the safety of dangerous crossings. The measures are designed to reduce accidents by urging pedestrians to temporarily stop at railroad crossings. The ministry sought necessary funding under the government's budget for the fiscal year that starts next April. In April this year, a girl in the […]

todayOctober 6, 2024

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