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[ad_1] DOHA/GAZA – Medical facilities are at risk of collapse in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza city now at the focus of Israel's offensive, the Gaza Health Ministry warned on Sunday, as fighting raged across the Palestinian enclave.Residents said Israeli planes and tanks also pounded areas in Gaza City to the north, where Israel has been pulling out troops. The fighting could be heard in the nearby towns of Beit […]

[ad_1] Since the occupation of Tibet in 1950, the Chinese Communist Party has persistently distorted historical facts to interfere in Tibetan religious matters.This includes the process to select the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who is now 88 years old and whose international popularity has kept his people’s plight alive on the global stage.Buddhists believe that an enlightened being and highly accomplished master may consciously propose to […]

[ad_1] The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers set up a Super Bowl rematch on a dramatic day of playoff action on Sunday.The reigning champion Chiefs returned to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years after upsetting the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens 17-10 on the road to clinch the AFC title.The 49ers, meanwhile, earned a chance to avenge their loss against the Chiefs in the 2020 Super […]

[ad_1] Toyota Motor has announced that it will suspend shipments of some models — including the Hilux truck and Land Cruiser 300 SUV — after irregularities were discovered during certification tests for diesel engines developed by its affiliate Toyota Industries.A special investigative committee found irregularities during horsepower output testing for the certification of three diesel engine models. The development of the engines had been commissioned to Toyota Industries, Toyota Motor […]

[ad_1] Pop music icon Taylor Swift is reportedly ready to make a mad dash back to the U.S. from Japan next month to see boyfriend Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.Swift and Kelce exchanged a lingering embrace on the field after the reigning champion Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 on Sunday to book their fourth trip in five years to the NFL's championship extravaganza — which […]

[ad_1] Niseko, Hokkaido – Hokkaido's internationally renowned ski resort of Niseko is booming, with slopes, shops and streets crowded as tourists, especially from abroad, arrive for the ski season. The problems many businesses experienced last year, including finding sufficient staff, appear to not be as severe this year.The return of so many people, however, is putting a strain on the local transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, a shortage of readily available restaurants […]

[ad_1] From the 13th floor of the European Commission’s sprawling headquarters in Brussels, President Ursula von der Leyen has fought to push and prod the world’s largest trading bloc forward, but those efforts are now in jeopardy.As pressure grows on the European Union from the outside, another sign of trouble recently hit close to home. Circulating the 1960s office complex was a polling map that indicated support for the bloc […]

[ad_1] With Japan aiming to finally achieve a healthy wage-price cycle, policymakers are keenly watching this year’s spring pay negotiations, which kicked off last week.Large firms are expected to hike wages even more this year, and so the focus is on smaller firms, as about 70% of Japan’s workers are employed by such enterprises.“Small and midsize firms employ a considerably larger number of workers (compared with big companies) ... so […]

[ad_1] A foreign-born naturalized citizen and two foreign residents on Monday filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court over alleged racial profiling by police, seeking around ¥3 million ($20,300) in damages each from central and local governments in the first case of its kind.Police questioning of foreign residents and visitors due to alleged racial profiling has become a higher-profile issue in Japan, with the U.S. Embassy having warned its […]