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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer new project with a cargo boat during the press conference at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Captain and founder Victorien Erussard poses on The Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Victorien Erussard,Captain and founder during a press conference at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Victorien Erussard,Captain and founder during a press conference at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Captain and founder Victorien Erussard poses on The Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Victorien Erussard,Captain and founder during a press conference at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Energy Observer Boat - NYC

Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise docked at The North Cove Yacht Harbor in New York City, NY, USA on April 10, 2024. Energy Observer is a project revolving around an experimental vessel and its expedition, that has for main purpose to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favor of energy transition, the boat left in the Spring 2017 for a world tour lasting 6 years in order to optimize its technologies and lead an expedition that will serve durable solutions for energy transition. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated October 26, 2017 shows atmosphere in the site of French train maker Alstom in Belfort, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Sophie Dupressoir/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated October 26, 2017 shows atmosphere in the site of French train maker Alstom in Belfort, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Sophie Dupressoir/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated October 26, 2017 shows atmosphere in the site of French train maker Alstom in Belfort, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Sophie Dupressoir/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated October 26, 2017 shows atmosphere in the site of French train maker Alstom in Belfort, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Sophie Dupressoir/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Myanmar talks

BEIJING, China, April 11 Kyodo - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (5th from R) and Myanmar President Htin Kyaw (5th from L) are pictured in this file photo taken April 10, 2017, during talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Htin Kyaw resigned from office on March 21, 2018.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Xinhua Headlines: BRICS cooperation injects vitality into global development, wins worldwide applause

(220625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 10, 2017 shows a solar power plant near Hyderabad, capital of India's southern state of Telangana. The plant was constructed with the assistance of Chinese enterprises. (Xinhua/Bi Xiaoyang)

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Xinhua Headlines: A decade of stargazing on roof of world

(220610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on April 23, 2017 shows the Ngari Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (NAO Ngari Observatory/Handout via Xinhua)

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(SP)LEBANON-BEIRUT-BASKETBALL-FIBA ASIA CUP-TROPHY TOUR

(220411) -- BEIRUT, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese basketball players pose with the FIBA Asia Cup Trophy in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2022. FIBA Asia Cup Trophy Tour is the start of what will be a fantastic summer of basketball celebrations in Jakarta this July. The trophy will embark on a journey that starts from Lebanon, host of 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, and finishes off in Indonesia. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)

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(SP)LEBANON-BEIRUT-BASKETBALL-FIBA ASIA CUP-TROPHY TOUR

(220411) -- BEIRUT, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese basketball players pose with the FIBA Asia Cup Trophy in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2022. FIBA Asia Cup Trophy Tour is the start of what will be a fantastic summer of basketball celebrations in Jakarta this July. The trophy will embark on a journey that starts from Lebanon, host of 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, and finishes off in Indonesia. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)

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(SP)LEBANON-BEIRUT-BASKETBALL-FIBA ASIA CUP-TROPHY TOUR

(220411) -- BEIRUT, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A young basketball fan watches the FIBA Asia Cup Trophy in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2022. FIBA Asia Cup Trophy Tour is the start of what will be a fantastic summer of basketball celebrations in Jakarta this July. The trophy will embark on a journey that starts from Lebanon, host of 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, and finishes off in Indonesia. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)

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NASA Delays The James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

★Handout photo dated April 25, 2017 of In this photo, NASA technicians lifted the telescope using a crane and moved it inside a clean room at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Once launched into space, the Webb telescopes 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe, and will help the telescope peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, but it's having to delay the science observatory's trip into space once again. Thankfully, the launch might take place just a few weeks later, in November or early December. A rescheduled date is unlikely to be confirmed until later this summer or perhaps in the fall. The instr

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Nationwide campaign against consumption tax hike

People who oppose the government's plan to raise the consumption tax rate to 10 percent as scheduled in April 2017 distribute flyers to passersby in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district on April 1, 2016. The move to call for the cancellation of the tax hike was made nationwide the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finance Minister Aso gives speech in Diet

Finance Minister Taro Aso gives a speech during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Aso pledged to "certainly" implement a consumption tax hike to 10 percent in April 2017 to secure international trust over the nation's efforts to restore fiscal health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delivery, take-out foods to be exempt from sales tax hike

The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party agree in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, to exempt delivery and take-out foods as well as newspapers sold on a subscription basis from the consumption tax hike in April 2017. The two ruling parties had already agreed to designate all food products except at restaurants as subject to a lower consumption tax rate when the government raises the rate to 10 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ruling coalition in taxation talks

Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a party meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2015. The LDP and its ruling coalition partner the Komeito party are discussing alleviation measures over the planned consumption tax rate hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's tax panel meeting

Photo taken Dec. 10, 2015, in Tokyo shows the tax panel meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party. The LDP and its ruling coalition partner Komeito party are discussing alleviation measures over the planned consumption tax rate hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo