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TOKYO | Xinhua | Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent erroneous remarks on China’s Taiwan, local media reported. At a party meeting in Nagasaki Prefecture, Noda, a former prime minister, said Takaichi “went too far” and …

GAZA | Xinhua | Displaced Palestinians awoke to flooded tents Friday morning as the first autumn rain hit the Gaza Strip overnight, heightening fears of worsening living conditions as winter approaches. Amal Abu Hassan, a displaced woman in Gaza City, and her four children endured a harrowing night as their …

Symptoms of a UTI include painful urination, urine that looks cloudy or has an unusually unpleasant odor HEALTH REPORT | AGENCIES | A new study has found that nearly one-fifth (20%) of urinary tract infections can be linked to E. coli bacteria in chicken, turkey, pork, or beef. The researchers …

Kampala, Uganda   | THE INDEPENDENT | Lifebox, a global non-profit focused on making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, has been named one of the awardees of Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global funding initiative supporting organizations working to improve women’s mental and physical health. The open call, launched …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a Senate-approved spending package, ending the congressional deadlock that led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While the shutdown’s end brings temporary relief, it also exposes a far deeper malaise: a paralyzed …

MELBOURNE | Xinhua | A new international study has revealed the vast and largely unmonitored trade of wildlife around the world, warning of growing risks to biodiversity and biosecurity. The study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Australia, the United States, Europe, and South America, explored two decades worth of …

GAZA | Xinhua | Just meters from yellow-painted concrete blocks marking the Israeli army’s latest withdrawal line, Palestinian resident Saad Halawa lives with his family in a small tent in Jabalia, in northern Gaza. The “Yellow Line” marks the Israeli military’s redeployment boundary under the first phase of the ceasefire …

TOKYO | Ian Buruma |  Why did it take so long for Japan to have a female prime minister? This may seem like an unfair question. After all, the United States has never elected a female president, and a woman has never presided over the Communist Party of China. Even the Netherlands, …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The record-breaking U.S. federal government shutdown was expected to end soon after the congressional approval of a spending package on Wednesday. However, as bipartisan power struggles show no sign of alleviating, the recurrence of this shutdown remains highly possible within just two months. …

SÃO PAULO | Laura Carvalho |  With the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, underway, it is clear that the world’s widely shared commitment to a just energy transition is falling by the wayside. In the year since governments signed on to the agreement at COP29 to scale up climate …