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Global military expenditures in 2024 rose 9.4 percent from the year before to a record $2.72 trillion, an international ...

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Liverpool were crowned the English Premier League champions after a 5-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, makin ...

The Tokyo District Court has ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to investigate the identity of the biological parents ...

A superintendent at Hyogo Prefectural Police concealed that he had lost a pair of handcuffs for 12 years, and revealed the ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kenji Tanigaki has won the best action choreography prize for his work on the Hong Kong film ...

Tokyo stocks rose Monday, with the Nikkei index closing higher for a fourth consecutive day, lifted by hopes for progress in ...

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