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One of the great ironies of the war in Gaza is that it has given a free pass for repression to one of the world’s ugliest regimes: Iran. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/10/world/iran-gaza-cloak-repression/

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Pope tells Italians they need to have more babies amid record-low fertility rates https://www.byteseu.com/96098/

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Was Trump's erratic foreign policy an asset or a liability for the U.S.? In capitals all over the world, leaders are weighing the prospect of his return. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/10/world/trump-second-term-repercussions-asia/

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Several of the U.K.'s largest pub chains are now encouraging customers to add a tip of at least 10% to their bills, leading to some uncomfortable situations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/society/us-tipping-uk-pub-culture-change/ #worldnews #society #uk #beer #drinking #alcohol

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The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote on Friday on a resolution that would grant new ‘rights and privileges’ to Palestine.

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https://intlmonitor.com/world/un-general-assembly-faces-decisive-vote-on-palestines-statehood/

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Experts say governments around the world could save billions of dollars a year by tackling domestic abuse and hope that revealing the financial toll will spur them to act. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/society/domestic-abuse-women-economy/

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Despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry remain in the pipeline for Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/politics/israel-billions-despite-biden-pause/

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Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is keenly aware of how significantly sudden crises like the floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul can shape elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/crime-legal/brazil-floods-lula-crisis/

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Israel's assault around Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, is finally bringing what was left of the enclave's medical system to its knees, doctors say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/society/rafah-assault-hospital-collapse/

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Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed U.S. President Joe Biden's threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults the southern Gaza city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/world/politics/rafah-strike-no-ceasefire/

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British Home Secretary James Cleverly stated Wednesday that U.K. would be deporting Russia’s defense attaché on the grounds that he was an undeclared spy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/world/politics/uk-russian-envoy-spying-surge/

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The Biden administration is working to regulate exports of proprietary or closed-source AI models to nations such as China and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/world/politics/us-curbs-china-ai/

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U.S. President Joe Biden said he would halt additional shipments of offensive weapons to Israel if it proceeded with a ground invasion of Rafah. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/world/politics/biden-weapons-israel-rafah/

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Elon Musk’s Bizarre Political Outbursts Have Turned Off Tesla’s Core Buyers, Data Shows https://www.byteseu.com/91055/

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Propaganda doesn’t need to go viral to sway elections anymore. That makes AI’s impact more insidious and harder to detect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/07/world/if-ai-wrecks-democracy/

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If Donald Trump were to win a second term, his aggressive stance toward China and inclination for protectionist measures could complicate the situation for Southeast Asian nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/08/world/second-trump-term-southeast-asia/

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The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over worries about Israel's planned military offensive on the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, which U.S. President Joe Biden opposes, an administration official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/politics/us-weapons-israel-rafah-invasion/

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If the U.S. requested it, Saudi Arabia would divest from China, the head of the nation's new investment fund for semiconductor and artificial intelligence technology said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/politics/saudi-arabia-ai-fund-china-us/

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Serbia on Tuesday, escorted by MIG-29 jets during a tightly secured visit marking 25 years since NATO bombed China's embassy in then Yugoslavia, killing three journalists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/politics/china-xi-jinping-serbia-1999-nato-bombing/

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Donald Trump’s intimate moments with an adult film star spilled out into open court on Tuesday as Stormy Daniels described her alleged affair with the former president in a highly anticipated moment of his hush-money trial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/crime-legal/trump-stormy-daniels-testimony/

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A brigade of interpreters sit in booths half-obscured by tinted glass, offering precious audio streams of proceedings in the European Parliament to lawmakers from 27 nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/politics/brussels-army-eu-interpreters/

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Mobsters in Italy have aggressively moved into the low-risk, low-key world of white-collar crime as past staples like extortion and murder have fallen out of favor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/world/crime-legal/italy-mafia-white-collar-crime/

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“Israel should not launch a major ground operation in , where more than a million people are sheltering with nowhere else to go,” said a senior administration official, explaining the decision to pause the shipments. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs and the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of .”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/biden-delays-weapons-israel-rafah/

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