'Love for humanity': Low-crime Japan's unpaid parole officers
TOKYO - Teruko Nakazawa once intervened in a knife fight between an ex-offender and their mother -- all in a day's unpaid work for Japan's army of volunteer probation officers.
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Rubio, on first day, warns China with Asian partners
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at sea.
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Singapore takes first key step toward holding 2025 election
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Wednesday that he has convened a committee to review electoral boundaries, in a sign that the government may call for an early national vote in the Southeast Asian city-state.
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No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires
MALIBU — As he looks at the ruins of his home razed when deadly fires tore through the Los Angeles area, Sebastian Harrison knows it will never be the same again, because he was not insured.
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Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024, says monitor
RIO DE JANEIRO - Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally expanding their territory.
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Musk salute at Trump rally celebrated by extremists online
WASHINGTON - Elon Musk's hand gestures at an inauguration event for US President Donald Trump, which quickly drew comparisons to Nazi salutes, appear to have resonated in some far-right extremist spaces online.
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