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[ad_1] Tel Aviv/Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Israel said it had "dismantled" Hamas' military leadership in northern Gaza as its war against the Palestinian group entered a fourth month Sunday, with fears mounting that the conflict could spread into neighboring Lebanon.Six people were killed early Sunday during an Israeli raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, with witnesses reporting that Israel had also carried […]

[ad_1] Seoul – South Korea's border island of Yeonpyeong warned residents to stay inside Sunday, local officials said, as North Korea was conducting live-fire drills near the maritime border for a third consecutive day."North Korean gunfire is currently being heard," said a text message sent to all residents, details of which were confirmed by local officials. "Residents are advised to be careful about outdoor activities."The drills come after North Korean […]

[ad_1] KUJUKURI, CHIBA PREF. – In 2021, Kotaro Seki was unsatisfied with his work at a major travel agency. He was good at his job, but he felt like something was missing.Anyone could do the job he was doing at the agency, he thought. And few were bothered — as he was — by the fact that the money spent by tourists wasn't making its way to local businesses.This frustration […]

[ad_1] In a mountainous corner of Indonesia lies a hill, dotted with stone terraces, where people come from around the country to hold Islamic and Hindu rituals. Some say the site has a mystical air, or even that it might hold buried treasure. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Imagine the sweetest, cutest face and the roundest, greenest eyes looking up at you from your lap — maybe that’s where the expression “the lap of luxury” came from. And even if you haven’t experienced such gentle bliss before, it can be yours by taking cuddly Koto into your home. Born in 2015, Koto came to ARK when her elderly owner was institutionalized. When Koto first arrived, she was […]

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa made a previously unannounced visit to Ukraine on Sunday, saying Tokyo would provide the war-torn country with a drone detection system via aid, amid concerns of dwindling support in some countries for Kyiv’s nearly two-year attempt to fend off an invasion by Russia.Kamikawa — on her visit to the country as Japan's top diplomat — held talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv, […]

[ad_1] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that the government will give preferential administrative treatment to those affected by Monday's powerful earthquake in central Japan. The government will designate the earthquake as a specified emergency, giving preferential treatment such as extending the validity period of driver's licenses and postponing bankruptcy proceedings, Kishida told officials at a meeting of his disaster response headquarters. "It is important to quickly create an environment […]