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Japan's sake brewers hope UNESCO heritage listing can boost rice wine's appeal
Decision will be made next month
Strike hits south Beirut after Israeli evacuation call
City's southern suburbs are a stronghold of Hezbollah
UN climate chief urges G20 action to untangle COP29 talks
Negotiators working on deal to raise money for developing nations
Monkey business drops in Thai city after community clamps down on critters
Five months after the start of a government campaign, Lopburi's primate pandemonium has come under control
Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India
Some are working to avoid that
Experts: Indonesia’s $10 billion deal with China could undermine sovereignty, increase political tensions
They say it also could spur illegal fishing
Wild deer population boom has some in England promoting venison to consumers
Deer no longer have natural predators in England
China's underground raves include street techno, quotes from Chairman Mao
It’s part of a subculture growing in hidden corners of the nation's cities
Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on
Funding and attention for long COVID research are dwindling in many wealthy countries
Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix a deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine
AP investigation finds Russia plans to use thermobaric warheads that create a vortex of high pressure and heat that can penetrate thick walls
Protesters demand resignation of leader in Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia
Protesters also break into presidential administration offices located in the same complex as the parliament
Dutch government survives dispute over Amsterdam violence
Some politicians claimed some Dutch youths of Moroccan descent had attacked Israeli football fans in Amsterdam
Western diplomats urge Somaliland leaders to accept election results
Preliminary results likely to take days to be known
US, Japan, South Korea coordinate response to North Korean threats
U.S. President Joe Biden met with the leaders of South Korea and Japan on Friday to discuss a coordinated response to North Korea's deployment of troops in Moscow’s war against Ukraine and Pyongyang’s nuclear threat. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports from Lima, Peru.
FBI says bigoted text messages also sent to LGBTQ, Hispanic people
Many of the messages contained ethnic slurs, references to slavery
U.S. election and climate conference dominate the week
Donald Trump wins a second term as president. Are there parallels from the founding fathers of our country? We speak with author and presidential historian Lindsey Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, whose latest book is Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. Also, this week, clashes between climate activists and big oil at the UN climate conference in Azerbaijan. We talk with correspondent in Chermaine Lee,...
2024 Magnitsky Human Rights Awards honor rights defenders worldwide
This year’s Magnitsky awards went to Russia’s Yulia Navalnaya, US senator, among others
Democratic senators ask Pentagon, US officials to probe reports of Musk's alleged calls with Russia
Several Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for a probe into Musk's communications with Moscow