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Brazil and France announced on Tuesday the launch of an investment program in the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon rainforest involving 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in private and public funds over the next four years, according to a joint statement.The announced was made during French President Emmanuel Macron's three-day visit...

The popularity of remote work in the United States has emptied office buildings, a cause for worry as their value falls and owners risk losses on property loans – in turn putting pressure on smaller banks....

A steam of sweat rose as hundreds of naked men tussled over a bag of wooden talismans, performing a dramatic end to a thousand-year-old ritual in Japan that took place for the last time....

Comments by a Japanese author who revealed she used generative artificial intelligence to help write the novel for which she won Japan's most prestigious book award have roiled the country's literary industry. While some welcome the use of AI as a new writing tool, those managing Japan's book contests question…

The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to launch a high-level consultative group on countering North Korean cyber activities that they say finance its unlawful weapons programs, South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday....

The United States and China held “candid” talks on maritime issues on Friday, including on the contested South China Sea, and the U.S. side underscored its concerns about “dangerous and unlawful” Chinese actions there, the U.S. State Department said....

Did your wages go up? Mine didn’t, neither my wife’s.