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Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon

This photo shows an explosion during an Israeli airstrike in Kfar Hatta, southern Lebanon, January 11, 2026. The Israeli forces carried out on Sunday afternoon over ten airstrikes on the village of Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon's Litani River area, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israel on Sunday launched wide-scale airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon, including the towns of Jbaa and Jezzine. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli army has carried out frequent strikes in Lebanon, claiming they are aimed at removing Hezbollah "threats," despite a U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel that has been in effect since Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon

This photo shows an explosion during an Israeli airstrike in Kfar Hatta, southern Lebanon, January 11, 2026. The Israeli forces carried out on Sunday afternoon over ten airstrikes on the village of Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon's Litani River area, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israel on Sunday launched wide-scale airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon, including the towns of Jbaa and Jezzine. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli army has carried out frequent strikes in Lebanon, claiming they are aimed at removing Hezbollah "threats," despite a U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel that has been in effect since Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon

This photo shows an explosion during an Israeli airstrike in Kfar Hatta, southern Lebanon, January 11, 2026. The Israeli forces carried out on Sunday afternoon over ten airstrikes on the village of Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon's Litani River area, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israel on Sunday launched wide-scale airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon, including the towns of Jbaa and Jezzine. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli army has carried out frequent strikes in Lebanon, claiming they are aimed at removing Hezbollah "threats," despite a U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel that has been in effect since Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa pose for a photo at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

KAWASAKI, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction. (Kyodo)

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Rice for undernourished children in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Young monks at Tokyo's Zojoji temple prepare to send collected rice to undernourished children in the city on Aug. 11, 1930. (Photo by Japan Telegraphic Communication Co.)

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Bear sightings in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2025, shows a signboard placed on a trail in Akita, northeastern Japan, warning of bear sightings following a recent spate of bear attacks in the region.

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ICAN Australia director Romuld makes speech

Gem Romuld, director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Australia, delivers a speech in Sydney on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Baseball: GM meetings in Las Vegas

San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller speaks to the press as Major League Baseball's general manager meetings get under way in Las Vegas on Nov. 11, 2025. Preller expressed interest in acquiring pitcher Tatsuya Imai of the Seibu Lions following the Japanese Pacific League team's announcement that it has begun the process of posting the 27-year-old right-hander to MLB.

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Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane (front, L) arrives in Pyongyang on Nov. 11, 2025, for a five-day trip at the invitation of the North Korean Foreign Ministry.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada

Group of Seven foreign ministers -- (from L) the European Union's Kaja Kallas, Japan's Toshimitsu Motegi, Britain's Yvette Cooper, France's Jean-Noel Barrot, Canada's Anita Anand, the United States' Marco Rubio, Germany's Johann Wadephul and Italy's Antonio Tajani -- pose for a photo on the first day of a two-day meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 11, 2025.

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G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada

(from L) European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper pose for a photo along with other Group of Seven foreign ministers on the first day of a two-day meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 11, 2025.

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G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada

(from L) European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper pose for a photo along with other Group of Seven foreign ministers on the first day of a two-day meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan-Jordan talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan-Jordan talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Japan-Britain talks in Canada

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper at the outset of their talks in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 11, 2025. The two are visiting Canada to attend a two-day meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers through Nov. 12.

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Japan-Britain talks in Canada

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper at the outset of their talks in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 11, 2025. The two are visiting Canada to attend a two-day meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers through Nov. 12.

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Singles' Day sale in China

Photo shows advertisements for Singles' Day online shopping sale in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Singles' Day sale in China

Photo shows advertisements for Singles' Day online shopping sale in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Singles' Day sale in China

Photo shows advertisements for Singles' Day online shopping sale in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Taku Yamamoto (front), a former House of Representatives lawmaker, heads to a conferment ceremony to receive the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. The honoree, whose real surname is Takaichi, is the husband of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Taku Yamamoto (3rd from L), a former House of Representatives lawmaker, is conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan's Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. The honoree, whose real surname is Takaichi, is the husband of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L). (Pool photo)

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Acclaimed Japanese actor Nakadai dies at 92

Photo taken in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on Nov. 11, 2025, shows a digital news board reporting the death of Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Nakadai, who starred in Akira Kurosawa films, including "Kagemusha" (The Shadow Warrior), which won Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, died of Pneumonia on Nov. 8, 2025, aged 92.

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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon, including former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji (7th from L) and former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura (8th from L), pose for a commemorative photo following the conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon, including former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji (C) and former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura (C,R), pose for a commemorative photo following the conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) speaks to Grand Cordon recipients during a conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) speaks to former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji during a Grand Cordon conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Celebration after 1-1 by Czechia's Vendula Pribylova during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at women's Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Celebration after 1-1 by Czechia's Vendula Pribylova during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at women's Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05Celebration after 1-0 by Sweden's Ida Karlsson (#14) during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at women's Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Celebration after 1-0 by Sweden's Ida Karlsson (right) during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at women's Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Czechia's Aneta Tejralova during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at women's Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090 undefined

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Sweden's Mira Jungåker and Czechia's Tereza Plosova during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Sweden's Mira Jungåker and Czechia's Tereza Pistekova fight for the puck during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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LIDL HOCKEY GAMES CZECHIA - SWEDEN

ÄNGELHOLM 2025-11-05 Sweden's Mira Jungåker and Czechia's Tereza Pistekova fight for the puck during Wednesday's ice hockey match between Sweden and Czech Republic at Lidl Hockey Games in Catena Atena in Ängelholm, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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Baseball: World Series

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) high-fives pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) after winning Game 7 of the MLB World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto in the small hours of Nov. 2, 2025, the team's second consecutive series victory.

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Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, is pictured in a space suit on Nov. 2, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-11 rocket launched a month later from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 11, 2025 shows a forest park in Hejing County, the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-l

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Fu Guoxi checks the trees at a green belt built by his father Fu Zhizhou in Hejing County, the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 11, 2025. Over the past four decades, Fu Zhizhou had planted more than 800,000 trees and his son Fu Guoxi took over the cause after his father passed away in 2024. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest affor