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Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting
Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as “historic” the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills. “I hope the people will like the new bills, and they will help energize the Japanese economy,” he told reporters at the Bank of Japan.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
An Afghan woman wanted to be a doctor. Now she makes pickles as the Taliban restricts women's roles
Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban’s permission to work. Now, instead of suturing, she sews in a basement in Kabul. Half of Afghanistan's population now finds itself locked out of the freedom to work at a time when the country's economy is worse than ever.
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Dubai rowers to brave Arctic to highlight plastics pollution
At an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for an Arctic voyage intended to highlight the perils of marine pollution.During a recent session at Dynamic Advanced Training, a centre that focuses on aviation, they tried to board a vessel in choppy waves as artificial rain, thunder and lightning produced storm-like conditions.
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Taiwan says China told Taiwan's coast guard to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew
Taiwan said Wednesday that China warned Taiwan’s coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat, in what is seen as Beijing's latest attempt to encroach on Taiwanese territory. The incident comes amid heightened political tensions following the election of President William Lai Ching-te, whose party rejects unification with the mainland, and an apparent threat by Beijing to execute supporters of Taiwanese independence.
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How Japan’s newest yen note came from the Nepali mountains
Banks across Japan began stocking their ATMs on Wednesday with shiny new yen notes sourced from an unlikely location – vibrant yellow flowering paperbush shrubs that grow on craggy Himalayan mountains in Nepal.
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Doctored Philippine news report spreads fabricated 'survey result' on preferred presidential candidates
As relations soured between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, a manipulated news report surfaced in posts that claimed an ally of the powerful Duterte family topped a survey of preferred candidates for the archipelago's next presidential election in 2028. Broadcaster ABS-CBN denied publishing the supposed report while polling body Pulse Asia Research told AFP it conducted no such survey.
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China's services activity growth hits 8-month low, Caixin PMI shows
China's services activity expanded at the slowest pace in eight months and confidence hit a four-year low in June, dragged by slower growth in new orders, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday, suggesting more economic stimulus is needed. The Caixin/S&P Global services purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to 51.2 from 54.0 in May, marking the lowest reading since October 2023 but remaining in expansionary territory for the 18th straight month. The survey, which covers mostly private an
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A Massive Earthquake Once Changed the Course of the Ganges
About 2,500 years ago, a huge earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, forcing the Ganges River to change course. The 2,575km river flows through northern India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal. Within days or weeks of that cataclysm, its exact route changed to a new channel about 45km away. It happened near the delta, […]
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High-tech cash: Japan launches banknotes with hologram portraits
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and female education institutions in an attempt to frustrate counterfeiters. The notes use printed patterns to generate holograms of the portraits facing different directions, depending on the angle of view, employing a technology that Japan's National Printing Bureau says is the world's first for paper money. "Faces of those representing
3 min read - WorldPolitico
Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza
Evacuees have been told by Israel to seek refuge in an overcrowded coastal area.
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Hungary's Orban urges ceasefire on Kyiv visit
A critic of Western support for Ukraine, he is seen as the European leader closest to Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone
It is estimated a third of girls are married off before they turn 18 in the West Africa nation.
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Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his giant first steps in a Chilean zoo in a boost to his species
Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South America. The Buin Zoo in Chile's capital of Santiago unveiled Silverio to the public on Tuesday as he took his first giant-footed steps after 12 days of medical care in confinement.
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Delta cancels flight to Argentina due to mechanical issues
A late-night Delta flight from Atlanta to Argentina was abruptly canceled on Monday.
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Chinese netizens help man reunite with sloth plush in Barcelona
A Chinese tourist visiting Spain was reunited with his stuffed sloth toy after several users on Xiaohongshu helped him locate his beloved companion. The toy, which he calls “Bread,” was stolen on June 9 at the Sagrada Familia metro station in Barcelona, presumably thinking the toy was a purse with money inside. Several Chinese residents in Barcelona helped him by offering accommodation and handing out flyers to locate the toy.
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U.N. finds arrest of renowned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora 'arbitrary'
The imprisonment of Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora was found to be "arbitrary" and in violation of international law by a human rights body investigating cases of deprivation of liberty at the United Nations.
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Russia missed probably its best opportunity to steamroll Ukraine, war analyst argues
War expert Mick Ryan says Russia failed to act decisively in the Ukraine war, missing a chance to strike a decisive blow.
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Israeli army attacks rocket launch pads in south Gaza, thousands flee
The Israeli army said on Tuesday that it had attacked rocket launch pads in the south of Gaza during the night following rocket fire from the war-ravaged coastal strip. In order to avoid civilian casualties, residents of eastern neighbourhoods of the city of Khan Younis were asked to leave the affected area, the army said. Eyewitnesses said thousands of people fled to supposed safe zones further west, but these were already overcrowded. According to Palestinian reports, at least 31 people were k
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years
More than 100 people were killed in a stampede Tuesday in northern India following a Hindu religious gathering, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Thousands had gathered at a makeshift tent for a religious event led by a Hindu preacher in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state. A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 on New Year’s Day 2022.
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Palestinians say dozens killed in Israeli Gaza attacks
At least 31 people have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian reports on Tuesday. Seventeen Palestinians died in the city of Gaza alone, medical sources in the sealed-off coastal region said as Israeli forces continued their operations. The information could not initially be independently verified. When asked, Israel's army said it was checking the reports. According to medical sources, eight people were killed in attacks in the south of Gaza. Isra
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations — fled their home in the middle of the night after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. In all, five children and three women were among the dead, according to hospital records and a relative who survived. Israel’s order on Monday for people to leave the eastern half of Khan Younis — the territory’s second-largest city — has triggered the third mas
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Genesis Teases the X Gran Racer Vision Gran Turismo Concept
Genesis is teasing automotive enthusiasts with its latest concept car, the X Gran Racer Vision Gran Turismo Concept, unveiled at the 2024 Busan Motor Show in South Korea. This new model is the fourth vehicle developed by Hyundai's luxury brand specifically for the Gran Turismo racing game, further cementing Genesis’s commitment to blending high-performance engineering with digital innovation. Image Via Genesis The X Gran Racer VGT Concept is an evolution of last year's Genesis X Gran Berlinetta
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Terminally ill mother of freed Gaza hostage Noa has died
Just over three weeks after 26-year-old hostage Noa Argamani was rescued from captivity in the Gaza Strip, her terminally ill mother Liora has died, Israeli sources said on Tuesday. The cause of death was cancer, according to the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which was created after hundreds of people were abducted in last October's attack on southern Israel by Hamas gunmen. Liora Argamani, who was reportedly 61 at the time of her death, made a series
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Dortmund roof climber risks paying costs of police operation
The man who climbed under the roof of the Dortmund stadium during Germany's Euro 2024 last-16 win over Denmark may have to pay for the police operation he triggered. "The Dortmund police headquarters is currently examining whether costs can be charged in this case," a police spokesperson told dpa. The man from Osnabrück was spotted climbing on the beams under the roof on Saturday. Police kept him under surveillance until the end of the match, when a special task force removed and arrested the 21
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Taiwan says China's coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel and demands its release
Taiwan said the Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat Tuesday before steering it to a port in mainland China, and demanded that Beijing release the vessel. The Tachinman 88 was intercepted by two Chinese vessels Tuesday evening near the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China’s coast but is controlled by Taiwan, Taiwanese maritime authorities said in a statement.
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Germany plans to pay compensation for Nazi victims in Poland
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is planning to provide aid for surviving victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II. "Germany is aware of the gravity of its guilt, of its responsibility for the millions of victims of the German occupation and of the mission that arises from it," Scholz said in Warsaw Tuesday at a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following joint government consultations at which German and Polish leaders agreed an action plan to
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Mexican president says a fight over drug and migrant trafficking was behind the massacre of 19
Mexico’s president said Tuesday a fight between gangs over drug and migrant trafficking routes was behind the massacre of 19 men in the southern state of Chiapas. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the killings were part of a long-running dispute between two drug cartels. “There are two groups that are in confrontation there, it's been that way for a while,” López Obrador said.
2 min read - BusinessAutoweek
Does Bavaria Have the Right Way toward True ‘Eyes-Off’ Systems?
BMW gets approval for its combination Level 2/3 driver-assist system in Germany, but US states aren’t so sure about this tech.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Tusk: Compensation for Nazi victims in Poland to be paid in 'months'
The compensation announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II will start being distributed soon, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. "This is not a matter of years, but of months," Tusk said in Warsaw after German-Polish government consultations involving ministers from both sides. Scholz had promised compensation for the approximately 40,000 victims of the German occupation of Poland who are still alive, but he did n
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Hungarian Premier Orbán visits Kiev for first time since start of war
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has travelled to Ukraine for the first time since the start of the war launched by Russia in February 2022. "Viktor Orbán arrived in Kiev this morning to discuss European peace with President Volodymyr Zelensky," Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday. According to media reports, Orbán's convoy first travelled to the Hungarian embassy. Relations between Kiev and Budapest are considered tense. Hungary has
2 min read - Businessdpa international
Thousands protest in Germany against sale of Mercedes dealerships
Around 25,000 Mercedes-Benz employees have demonstrated against the planned sale of the company's car dealerships, workers' representatives in Germany said on Tuesday. Some 10,000 people joined a protest at the luxury car-builder's plant in Sindelfingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, according to the General Works Council and the IG Metall trade union. Under the slogan "We stick together - on July 2 and every day," more protesters gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Group headquarters in Stuttgart
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Le Pen: French far-right government team ready
France's far-right nationalist National Rally (RN) has a team of ministers already in place and is poised to take over government, according to its former leader Marine Le Pen. "This government will be complete, it will be competent, it will be made up of people from the National Rally, people who fought the election campaign with us and people from civil society," Le Pen told the France Inter public broadcaster in an interview on Tuesday. The 55-year-old nationalist politician was responding to
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Hungarian PM Orbán suggests Ukraine ceasefire in first Kiev visit
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire in the war with Russia, as he made his first visit to Kiev since the start of the conflict in February 2022. "International diplomatic rules are slow and complicated. I have asked President [Zelensky] to consider whether it would not be possible to reverse the order and speed up the peace negotiations with a quick ceasefire," said Orbán after a meeting with Zelensky in the Ukrainian
2 min read - WorldMen's Journal
Airline Passenger Lodged Above Overhead Bin After Air Europa Boeing Jet Hits Severe Turbulence
Airline passengers headed to Uruguay had a scary incident with dozens injured when a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Air Europa hit severe turbulence on a flight en route to Montevideo from Madrid, Spain on Monday. And in the ensuing chaos, one passenger reportedly ...
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Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya
Since protests began two weeks ago 39 people have been killed, a state-funded rights group says.
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Man Appears to Be Rescued from Overhead Bin After Flight Experiences Extreme Turbulence, Injuring Dozens
"We thought we were going to die," a passenger told Reuters about the Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay
3 min read - WorldSpace
Get an up-close look at China's Chang'e 6 farside moon rover (video)
More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the moon's far side.
3 min read - LifestyleThe Week
Malaysia travel guide: the true Asia, two ways
Combine a city break in Kuala Lumpur with island relaxation on Langkawi for the best of multicultural Malaysia
8 min read - WorldThe Hill
Ukraine says it thwarted attempted coup in Kyiv
Ukrainian officials said Monday that they thwarted an attempted coup, arresting individuals who had conspired to allegedly stage a riot in Kyiv. Ukraine’s internal security service, known as the SBU, said a group of activists were detained for trying to create riots over the weekend that would lead to the removal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Brazil Is Seeing a Record Number of Wildfires This Year
In the Amazon, Brazil has made huge gains in its battle against deforesters, but it is increasingly losing ground to another threat: climate change. Amid pervasive drought this year, the number of wildfires has hit a 20-year high, official figures show.
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Protests continue in Kenya as some are now calling for the president to step down
Protests continued in Kenya's capital and elsewhere Tuesday over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in the wake of the storming of parliament last week. Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi as many businesses remained closed for fear of looting. The main highway to Kenya's second-largest city, Mombasa, was closed as protesters lit bonfires.
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In Mexico, 19 bodies found in truck as violence spreads in southern state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck, the local prosecutor's office said late on Monday, with the victims allegedly linked to a gunfight between a Guatemalan criminal gang and Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel. Five of the men showed signs of gunshot wounds, and all were found in the back of a truck wearing dark clothing, tactical vests as well as firearm magazine clips, according to the prosecutor's statement. The grim disc
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North and South Korea are locked in a dangerous arms race. Putin may be about to make this worse.
Russia's new alliance with North Korea, necessitated by its war in Ukraine, has South Korea deeply concerned.
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Leaders of Poland, Germany meet to mend strained ties and discuss Europe's security
Government leaders of Poland and Germany held consultations Tuesday aimed at giving a new impulse to bilateral relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled with 12 ministers and government officials, including Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, for the meeting in Warsaw.
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Turkey’s Coca-Cola İçecek secures four sustainability-focused loans
The loans will be used on projects at CCI’s facilities in Turkey and its three subsidiaries in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iraq.
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Germany plans aid for surviving Nazi victims in Poland, Scholz says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is planning to provide aid for surviving victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II. "Germany is aware of the gravity of its guilt, of its responsibility for the millions of victims of the German occupation and of the mission that arises from it," Scholz said in Warsaw at a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following joint government consultations. Germany stands by its historical responsibility without any ifs, a
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Alleged Crucifix Robbery Ring Busted As 6 Held Over Cemetery Heists
The group allegedly targeted cemeteries in Spain’s Toledo province.
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Hungarian prime minister arrives in Kyiv for Zelensky meeting
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday arrived in Kyiv, where he is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky amid tensions between the two European leaders over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Orban, a key ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Europe, is making his first visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded in…
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Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 116 people, mostly women and children
Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed at least 116 people and injured scores, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with a Hindu guru known locally as Bhole Baba. Local news reports cited authorities who said heat and suffocation in the tent could have been a factor.
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French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
French opposition parties made hurried deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in Sunday's second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it. The National Rally, under party president Jordan Bardella, secured the most votes in the first round of the early legislative elections on June 30 but not enough to claim an overall victory that would allow the
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