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UK: Britain First March Met With Mass Counter-Protest in Birmingham

Hundreds of people gathered in Birmingham city center on Saturday, June 20, as supporters of far-right group Britain First held a march and a larger crowd assembled nearby in counter-protest. West Midlands Police arrested four people, three women and one man, on suspicion of assaulting an officer, criminal damage, and obstructing police.

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US: Warehouse Fire Prompts Evacuations in Monrovia After Blaze Breaks Out

A fire broke out at a women's apparel warehouse on the 100 block of East Chestnut Avenue in Monrovia on Thursday evening, June 18, prompting evacuations of the nearby area. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

OTSU, Japan, June 10 Kyodo - Women wearing traditional Japanese court dresses attend an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2026. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan by setting up a water clock. (Kyodo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, L) and her daughter Princess Kako (far L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in January 1994 at the parliament building in Tokyo shows Liberal Democratic Party leader Yohei Kono (L) shaking hands with Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2016, shows Yohei Kono speaking during an interview. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in November 2015 shows Yohei Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels. He died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in August 1993 at the prime minister's office in Tokyo shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono issuing an official statement acknowledging the Japanese military's responsibility for the forced labor of Korean "comfort women" in Japan's wartime military brothels, and announcing the government's landmark apology for the issue. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in June 1994 at the parliament building in Tokyo shows (from R) Liberal Democratic Party leader Yohei Kono, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of the Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake leader Masayoshi Takemura shaking hands before a meeting to form the Cabinet of their new coalition government. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in July 1993 at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo shows Yohei Kono (L) following his victory in the party's presidential election. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken on July 5, 2023, shows Yohei Kono (L), leader of a delegation from the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in September 2005 shows Yohei Kono (L) and his son Taro pointing at their nameplates as they arrived at the parliament building in Tokyo following a general election of the Japanese House of Representatives. Yohei Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in Tokyo on March 23, 2025, shows Yohei Kono (L), former speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, posing for a photo with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in Tokyo on July 21, 2009, shows Japanese House of Representatives speaker Yohei Kono announcing the dissolution of the lower house during its plenary session. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in July 1994 shows Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) chatting with Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

Women wearing traditional Japanese court dresses attend an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2026. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan by setting up a water clock.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

Women wearing traditional Japanese court dresses attend an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2026. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan by setting up a water clock.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 5, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 5, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 5, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 5, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 5, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 6, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays a shot on the ninth hole during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 6, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 6, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 6, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 6, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nelly Korda of the United States poses with the victor's trophy after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 7, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan plays a shot on the second hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 7, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays a shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 7, 2026.

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Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Golf: U.S. Women's Open

Nasa Hataoka of Japan plays a shot on the second hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on June 7, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike nets her second goal in the first half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike nets her second goal in the first half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike nets her second goal in the first half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike reacts after opening the scoring in the first half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Aoba Fujino nets the fourth goal in the second half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Nadeshiko's Aoba Fujino reacts after netting the fourth goal in the second half of a women's international football friendly against South Africa in 5-0 win at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Japan players celebrate after beating South Africa 5-0 in a women's international football friendly at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026, with Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike and Aoba Fujino each scoring twice.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Japan players celebrate after beating South Africa 5-0 in a women's international football friendly at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026, with Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike and Aoba Fujino each scoring twice.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Japan players celebrate after beating South Africa 5-0 in a women's international football friendly at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026, with Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike and Aoba Fujino each scoring twice.

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Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Football: Japan beat S. Africa in friendly

Japan players celebrate after beating South Africa 5-0 in a women's international football friendly at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka on June 6, 2026, with Nadeshiko's Kiko Seike and Aoba Fujino each scoring twice.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (R) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States pose with the victor's trophy after winning the women's doubles title at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (R) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States kiss the victor's trophy after winning the women's doubles title at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (L) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States celebrate after beating Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan in the women's doubles final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (front) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States play against Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan in the women's doubles final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (L) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States celebrate after beating Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan in the women's doubles final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Katerina Siniakova (back) of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States play against Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan in the women's doubles final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2026.

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