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Quake-Hit Kumamoto's Tourism Sector Suffers 6-B.-Yen Blow

Kumamoto, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)--Amid the summer holiday season, the tourism industry in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is suffering a 6-billion-yen blow from the recent massive earthquake. According to the prefectural government, the July 28 earthquake, which measured the maximum seismic intensity level of 7 on the Japanese scale, caused about 4.04 billion yen in damage to hotel b...

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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ US ambassador says

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the…

  • U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemns settler siege as "horrific act of terror."
  • Jewish settlers besiege American Palestinian family's home in West Bank for days.
  • Israeli military intervenes, dismantles illegal outposts and detains one Israeli.

Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game

Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game newspress_en Thu, 08/13/2026 - 10:23 Politics On 9 August, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Axios and, in the space of a few sentences, reversed the tone…

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