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[ad_1] The U.S. hopes a fresh hostage deal between Israel and Hamas will create the space for talks to achieve a more lasting regional peace agreement, a State Department official said Friday, offering a longer-term vision for the Biden administration as its negotiators crisscross the region in search of a breakthrough.CIA Director William Burns, who helped hammer out a previous deal to release Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, is […]

[ad_1] NASA on Friday unveiled images taken by one of its satellites of Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) on the lunar surface after it succeeded in making a pinpoint landing. The images, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at an altitude of about 80 kilometers before and after the landing, show a slight change in reflectance around the lander due to engine exhaust sweeping the surface, NASA said. […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – Data gathered by NASA's rover Perseverance has confirmed the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published Friday.The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars were once covered in water and may […]

[ad_1] From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, wealthy donors have thrown tens of millions of dollars at Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley in an effort to keep Donald Trump from returning to the White House.They have learned a hard lesson: Big money cannot win the Republican presidential nomination, at least not against Trump, who holds the support of a wide majority of the party's voters.Pro-Haley forces outspent the main […]

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Ending months of negotiations, the U.S. government on Friday approved a $23 billion deal to sell F-16 warplanes to Turkey, after Ankara ratified Sweden's NATO membership, the State Department said.As required by U.S. law, the State Department notified Congress of the agreement, as well as a separate $8.6 billion sale of 40 F-35s to Greece.Turkey will get 40 new F-16s and upgrades to 79 of the jets […]

[ad_1] Shitsui Hakoishi graciously greeted a pair of scientists at her home-cum-barber shop in a rural community in Tochigi Prefecture one morning in late November. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Washington – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday said tractor maker Kubota North America will pay a $2 million civil penalty for falsely labeling some of its replacement parts as being "Made in USA." In addition to the penalty, Kubota will be prohibited from making deceptive claims, according to a court order filed by the U.S. Justice Department on the FTC's behalf, it said. "Today's settlement includes the […]

[ad_1] Sadly, 2024 in Japan began with disaster. The major New Year’s Day earthquake severely disrupted daily life on Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula and crippled the area’s infrastructure. Charities and fundraising platforms were swift to respond, while other shows of support, including business contributions, have begun to appear.This month, On: Design looks at different ways craftspeople can provide relief.Since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, professor Keisuke Kitagawa of […]

[ad_1] There’s a shift underway in Asia that’s reverberating through global financial markets.Japan’s stock market, overlooked by investors for decades, is making a furious comeback. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index is edging closer to the record it set Dec. 29, 1989, which effectively marked the peak of Japan’s economic ascendancy before a collapse that led to decades of low growth.China, long an impossible-to-ignore market, has been spiraling downward. Stocks in […]