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[ad_1] From charities and companies to individuals, a nationwide effort to help people in areas near Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula, which was devastated in Monday’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake, is picking up steam.In one example, Toshiya Ikehata, 44, a resident of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture — among the worst-hit cities — has been providing meals since the disaster struck.Ikehata, who has been sleeping in his car after the quake rendered his house […]

[ad_1] Rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama could become the first professional basketball player to earn $1 billion on the court.The 7-foot 4-inch (224-centimeter) tall French phenom, who turned 20 on Thursday, was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the top pick in the 2023 National Basketball Association draft. The team signed him to a four-year, $55.2 million rookie contract, the largest possible deal under the U.S. league’s current labor agreement.The […]

[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a “message of sympathy” to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida following the devastating earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture earlier this week that has left 100 people dead and more than 200 missing.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a short dispatch Saturday that Kim had “expressed his deep sympathy and condolences to the prime minister and, through him, to the […]

[ad_1] TAIPEI – Taiwan's Defense Ministry accused China on Saturday of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island's people with a recent spate of balloons spotted near or over the island, days before key Taiwanese elections.The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in February when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon. China said the […]