Calvert-Lewin sent off as Everton hold Palace in FA Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/calvert-lewin-sent-off-as-everton-hold-palace-in-fa-cup
January 4, 2024, 10:49 PM
Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin was controversially sent off as his side held on for a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup third round on Thursday.
Calvert-Lewin…
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Five NFL playoff berths at stake in season's last weekend
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/five-nfl-playoff-berths-at-stake-in-season%27s-last-weekend
January 4, 2024, 10:54 PM
Five playoff berths are up for grabs as the NFL season concludes this weekend with the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans among those chasing places in the post-season…
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Packed in
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/packed-in-12
January 4, 2024, 9:32 PM
Visitors offer prayers on Thursday, the first business day of the New Year, at Tokyo's Kanda Myojin shrine, frequented by worshippers seeking good fortune and prosperous business.
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Neo-Nazi podcasters sent to prison on terror charges for targeting Prince Harry and his young son
https://japantoday.com/category/world/neo-nazi-podcasters-sent-to-prison-on-terror-charges-for-targeting-prince-harry-and-his-young-son
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
A neo-Nazi podcaster who called for the deaths of Prince Harry and his young son received a prison sentence Thursday along with his co-host Thursday. The sentencing judge…
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Mbappe waives 'tens of millions' in order to ease PSG exit
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mbappe-waives-%27tens-of-millions%27-in-order-to-ease-psg-exit
January 4, 2024, 9:47 PM
France striker Kylian Mbappe has turned his back on "several tens of millions" of euros in a bid to ease a possible move away from Paris Saint-German, a…
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U.S. auto sales boosted by price cuts in 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/business/us-auto-sales-boosted-by-price-cuts-in-2023
January 4, 2024, 9:46 PM
U.S. vehicle sales got a boost from strong demand in 2023, due in part to attractive offers by automakers and dealers in the face of high interest rates…
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Proud Boys member who went on the run after conviction in the Jan 6 riot gets 10 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/proud-boys-member-who-went-on-the-run-after-conviction-in-the-jan.-6-riot-gets-10-years-in-prison
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who went on the run after he was convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol and…
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Armed men kidnapped 32 migrants in Mexico for extortion, president says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/armed-men-kidnapped-32-migrants-in-mexico-for-extortion-president-says
January 4, 2024, 9:52 PM
The armed men who kidnapped 32 migrants in northern Mexico over the weekend aimed to extort money from them and their families in the United States, Mexico's president…
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Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns,' dies at 100
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/glynis-johns-%27mary-poppins%27-star-who-first-sang-sondheim%27s-%27send-in-the-clowns-%27-dies-at-100
January 4, 2024, 9:36 PM
Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the…
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Two companies will attempt first U.S. moon landings since Apollo missions a half-century ago
https://japantoday.com/category/world/two-companies-will-attempt-the-first-us-moon-landings-since-the-apollo-missions-a-half-century-ago
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
China and India scored moon landings, while Russia, Japan and Israel ended up in the lunar trash heap.
Now two private companies are hustling to get the U.S.…
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Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine and is seeking Iranian missiles, U.S. says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-says-russia-has-used-north-korean-ballistic-missiles-in-ukraine-and-is-seeking-iranian-missiles
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and is seeking close-range ballistic missiles from Iran as Moscow struggles to replenish supplies…
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SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing employees who were critical of Elon Musk
https://japantoday.com/category/business/spacex-accused-of-unlawfully-firing-employees-who-were-critical-of-elon-musk
January 4, 2024, 9:37 PM
A U.S. labor agency has accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities…
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Strike kills 12 people, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe zone by Israel
https://japantoday.com/category/world/strike-kills-12-people-mostly-children-in-gaza-area-declared-safe-zone-by-israel
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
An Israeli strike flattened a home Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone, killing at least 12 people, almost all…
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Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after U.S., allies issue 'final warning'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/houthis-launch-sea-drone-to-attack-ships-hours-after-us-allies-issue-%27final-warning%27
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea before detonating on…
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Russia and Ukraine exchange long-range attacks as their front-line forces remain bogged down
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-long-range-attacks-as-their-front-line-forces-remain-bogged-down
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian air-launched missiles over Crimea, as both sides in the war pounded each other with long-range…
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Britney Spears shoots down album rumors, vowing to 'never return to music industry'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/britney-spears-shoots-down-album-rumors-vowing-to-%27never-return-to-the-music-industry%27
January 4, 2024, 9:36 PM
Britney Spears is shooting down rumors of a new album, vowing to “never return to the music industry.”
At the same time, Spears noted in Wednesday's Instagram post,…
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Police say 17-year-old killed sixth grader and wounded five in Iowa school shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-say-there-has-been-a-shooting-at-a-high-school-in-perry-iowa-extent-of-injuries-unclear1
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
A sixth grader was killed and five other people were wounded by a 17-year-old suspect in a shooting Thursday at a small-town Iowa high school, authorities in Perry,…
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-suspects-suicide-bombers-carried-out-attack-on-commemoration-for-slain-general-that-killed-84
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, the worst militant…
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Japan crash marks test of how new carbon jets cope in a disaster
https://japantoday.com/category/national/analysis-japan-crash-marks-test-of-how-new-carbon-jets-cope-in-a-disaster1
January 4, 2024, 9:34 PM
Tuesday's runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a…
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With 2024 being a UK election year, the opposition wants an early vote. PM Rishi Sunak is in no rush
https://japantoday.com/category/world/with-2024-being-a-uk-election-year-the-opposition-wants-an-early-vote.-pm-rishi-sunak-is-in-no-rush
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
The politician favored to become Britain’s next prime minister accused the governing Conservatives on Thursday of leading the country into decline and despair during their 14 years in…
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PGA Tour starts a new year that feels like the old one
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/pga-tour-starts-a-new-year-that-feels-like-the-old-one.-there%27s-more-to-golf-than-just-the-golf
January 4, 2024, 9:38 PM
One upside for the PGA Tour extending the Dec. 31 deadline to finalize a deal with Saudi Arabia is the new season starting Thursday at Kapalua can avoid…
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fall again as job market continues to show strength
https://japantoday.com/category/business/us-applications-for-unemployment-benefits-fall-again-as-job-market-continues-to-show-strength
January 4, 2024, 9:37 PM
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates.
Jobless claims fell to 202,000…
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France beats Norway to make United Cup semis
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/france-beats-norway-to-make-united-cup-semis
January 4, 2024, 9:38 PM
France defeated Norway in the deciding mixed doubles and set up a United Cup semifinal against Poland on Thursday.
Caroline Garcia and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France beat Ulrikke…
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Striking doctors in England say hospitals haven't shown an urgent need for them to return to work
https://japantoday.com/category/world/striking-doctors-in-england-at-loggerheads-with-hospitals-over-calls-to-return-to-work
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
The longest scheduled strike in the history of Britain's state-funded National Health Service entered its second of six planned days Thursday with doctors in England at loggerheads with…
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U.S. to provide Japan quake support
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update2-u.s.-to-provide-japan-quake-support-including-through-military-envoy
January 4, 2024, 9:33 PM
Japan has accepted a U.S. offer to assist in response to the powerful quake that rocked the central region on New Year's Day, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm…
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India level test series against South Africa
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/india-level-test-series-despite-markram%27s-herculean-effort
January 4, 2024, 9:51 PM
India beat South Africa by seven wickets despite a stunning century by Aiden Markram on the second day of the second test at Newlands on Thursday and level…
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JAL pilots say they did not see coast guard plane when touching down
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-jal-pilots-did-not-see-coast-guard-plane-when-touching-down
January 4, 2024, 9:33 PM
The pilots of the Japan Airlines jetliner that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport told an internal probe that they could not visually…
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Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in first dress code crackdown since their return to power
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taliban-arrest-women-for-%27bad-hijab%27-in-the-first-dress-code-crackdown-since-their-return-to-power
January 4, 2024, 9:40 PM
The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country's Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday.
It’s the first official…
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U.S. airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate
https://japantoday.com/category/world/airstrike-in-central-baghdad-kills-iran-backed-militia-leader-as-regional-tensions-escalate
January 4, 2024, 9:39 PM
A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said.
Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting…
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Taiwan to donate ¥60 mil to help Japan relief efforts after quake
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/taiwan-to-donate-60-mil.-yen-to-help-japan-relief-efforts-after-quake
January 4, 2024, 9:37 PM
Taiwan pledged Thursday to donate 60 million yen to Japan to help its disaster relief after a powerful earthquake jolted Japan's central Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas on…
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