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Several years ago, I made a visit to a local book sale and came across a rare 1964 edition of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Popular in its own right, the novel has also served as ...

The Miyazaki District Court has sentenced a 52-year-old man to eight years in prison for killing his wife and keeping her body at home for nearly two years.

Organizers of a triathlon event ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics said Wednesday that conditions have been met for athletes to swim in the River Seine in the coming days, after a previous test had ...

The British government said Monday it will introduce legislation to ban anyone who arrives in the UK in small boats across the English Channel from ever settling in the country. The government said a ...

“Stamina Man” sounds like it should be the name of a superhero, whose tireless tenacity in fighting against evil is his defining characteristic. Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart’s new ...

Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a less ...

It is too hot in Nelly Amaya's place when the mercury surges into triple digits, driven by the punishing heat wave gripping the western United States. "We don't have air conditioning at our house ...

Pretax profits among nonfinancial Japanese companies jumped 17.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 28.32 trillion yen in the April-June quarter, government data showed Thursday, boosted by a ...

Blame it on lingering effects of the pandemic, resentment over the lockout or economic fears. Major League Baseball is struggling to fill the stands at pre-COVID levels as the sport heads into the ...

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The British government set out planned changes to law on Thursday that would make it easier for businesses to use temporary staff to minimize the impact of strike action. Britain's rail network was ...