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Aid workers say daily life in Sudan is deteriorating fast now embassies have emptied, with half the population dependent on aid, 3 million people displaced and thousands dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/14/world/sudan-war-struggles-for-attention/?utm_content=buffer2aae5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/14/world/ukraine-receives-us-cluster-bombs/?utm_content=buffer486e1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The Ukrainian leader's NATO performance was vintage Zelenskyy: go in hard, push allies beyond their comfort zone, and go home with less than you said you wanted, but more than seemed likely only a few months ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/14/world/zelenskyy-nato-gains-analysis/?utm_content=bufferf76bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The artificial sweetener aspartame has been determined by the World Health Organization to be "possibly carcinogenic.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/14/world/science-health-world/artificial-sweetener-aspartame-possibly-carcinogenic-who-says/?utm_content=bufferf4405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Perrigo’s Opill has received U.S. clearance for over-the-counter use, making it the first daily oral birth-control product to be available without a prescription in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/science-health-world/us-birth-control-over-the-counter/?utm_content=buffer127e9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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As the U.N.-affiliated International Seabed Authority meets in Kingston, Jamaica, this week, it will be writing rules for deep sea mining that threatens the very ecosystems in need of preservation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/jamaica-fate-of-deep-ocean/?utm_content=buffer201d7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Pita Limjaroenrat has failed to reach the needed majority to become Thailand's next prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/pita-loses-thailand-pm-bid/?utm_content=buffer151ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #election #thailand #pitalimjaroenrat

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The world risks losing its battle to end hunger by the end of the decade, despite signs that the crisis has stopped worsening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/world-losing-wipe-out-hunger/?utm_content=buffere0769&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The World Health Organization warned that the recent surge in bird flu outbreaks among mammals could help the virus spread more easily among humans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/science-health-world/who-bird-flu-adapt-humans/?utm_content=buffer1a8b7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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“The road that lies before us is hard. It will challenge us to summon the best of ourselves, to hold faith with one another, and to never give up. Every day we must summon the strength to stand for what is right, for what is true, and for freedom.” ~ President Biden

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Siblings and solo around-the-world aviators Mack and Zara Rutherford set more records on Tuesday as they collected a trophy whose previous winners include Lewis Hamilton and Richard Branson. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/world/sibling-around-the-world-youth-record/?utm_content=bufferc7f8f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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CNN:
Romania to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s as soon as next month

Romania will begin training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 combat aircraft, possibly beginning as soon as next month, according to a source familiar with the ongoing discussions.

The source said preparations include a Romanian request for an F-16 flight simulator from the plane's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-12-23/h_05949a8761dba5d6713a442d20c3dc73

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Sediment deposited at a small but deep body of water in Canada's Ontario province provides unmistakable evidence that Earth entered a new human-driven geological chapter some seven decades ago, scientists have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/world/canadian-lake-earth-anthropocene-age/?utm_content=buffera7e34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Portugal on Tuesday banned tourist boats from approaching pods of orcas and issued instructions on what to do when approached by them, after a series of incidents off the Portuguese and Spanish coasts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/world/portugal-bans-tourist-boats-orcas/?utm_content=bufferdc43f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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NATO members have pledged to invite Ukraine to join the bloc when conditions are met and to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles in order to speed up the process. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/world/nato-ukraine-fast-track/?utm_content=bufferb247a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said Ukraine will get a "positive message on the path to membership." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/nato-summit-ukraine-strong-message/?utm_content=buffer9c3cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The situation regarding climate disasters is likely to get more extreme. This year, a powerful El Nino developing in the Pacific Ocean is poised to unleash additional heat into the atmosphere, | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/climate-disasters-new-normal/?utm_content=buffer12289&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after the failed uprising that he’d denounced as treason, adding another twist to the unprecedented mutiny. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/putin-prigozhin-met-after-mutiny/?utm_content=bufferc2499&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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As many as 61,000 people may have died in Europe's sweltering heat waves last summer, according to new research, suggesting countries' heat preparedness efforts are falling fatally short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/europe-heat-wave-deaths-experts/?utm_content=bufferd3f90&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Turkey agreed to support Sweden’s NATO bid in a major breakthrough for the military alliance’s push to strengthen its defenses following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/turkey-sweden-nato-join/?utm_content=buffer923c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Russia’s top military commander was shown on state television Monday for the first time since the abortive mutiny by Wagner mercenaries aimed at ousting him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/world/gerasimov-appears-since-wagner-mutiny/?utm_content=bufferec484&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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In a multimedia series, The Guardian becomes the latest British institution to confront — and apologize for — its role in the slave trade. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/world/the-guardian-slavery-history/?utm_content=buffer39c5a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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