For those who want more of the mayor and his fruit headgear, just in case, he will also appear in the green hat on the official YouTube channel of Takizawa, which is the largest watermelon ...

TOKYO: Japan's government plans to raise the country's key taxes starting in April 2026 to fund more defence spending after a one-year delay, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday ...

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long prison ...

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Off western Satsuma Peninsula / 170 km / M 5.2 ...