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[ad_1] NEW YORK – A tight U.S. presidential race is leading some investors to brace for an unclear or contested election result that could trip up this year’s booming stock market rally.With less than a month before the election, polls and prediction markets show Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump in a virtual dead heat.Harris led Trump by a marginal 46% to 43% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on […]

[ad_1] Purring grinders and espresso machines, steaming water swirled over drippers, the occasional clink of a spoon, the air rich with fruity and chocolaty aromas — the SCAJ World Specialty Coffee Conference and Exhibition is was good for more than just a buzz.The Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ) organized Asia's largest specialty coffee event for the 21st year from Oct. 9 to 11, and it was the biggest yet […]

[ad_1] State and federal officials, already grappling with back-to-back hurricanes that have killed hundreds across the U.S. Southeast, are now contending with another disaster-related threat: disinformation over their relief efforts and the cause of the storm.Conspiracy theories and hate speech targeting the government’s storm response erupted across social media — especially on X — after Hurricane Helene devastated the region, with former U.S. President Donald Trump and X owner Elon […]

[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS – More than 370 million girls and women alive today — or 1 in 8 worldwide — have experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.The number rises to 650 million, or 1 in 5, when taking into account "non-contact" forms of sexual violence, such as online or verbal abuse, UNICEF reported, in what it called the […]

[ad_1] Since 2014, veteran DJ and broadcaster Peter Barakan has been bringing blues, jazz and other roots musicians to Tokyo for an annual festival called Peter Barakan’s Live Magic!. After a decade, the event is coming to an end — but it's not going out quietly. The 11th edition of Live Magic!, billed as the festival’s finale (in its current form, at least), will take place at Yebisu Garden Place […]

[ad_1] A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday, with no reports of injuries or damage to the aircraft. The aircraft — an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that belongs to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron at U.S. Naval Air Facility Atsugi — landed at around 11:06 a.m., according to base spokesperson Gregory Mitchell. He added that three individuals were on board. At […]

[ad_1] With pledges to strengthen maritime security and promote decarbonization, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made his international debut Thursday at summits related to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — a diplomatic start that saw the new leader keep a low profile after raising eyebrows over ideas such as the creation of an “Asian NATO.”In his first overseas trip since he assumed office earlier this month, Ishiba took […]