The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.
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The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself.
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The 65-year-old Cook will turn over CEO duties to Apple's head of hardware products, John Ternus, in September. Cook will remain with the company as executive chairman.
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was under internal investigation, is leaving her position. She becomes the third cabinet departure of President Trump's second term.
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Human rights activists are calling on President Trump to push Iran to reopen the internet, not just the Strait of Hormuz.
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As the clock ticks down on the ceasefire, Iran says it may not attend fresh talks with the U.S. That's as a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be holding.
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The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries β the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.
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President Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.
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What are the political stakes for President Trump ahead of a second round of planned negotiations to end the war with Iran?
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Richard Nephew, former deputy special envoy for Iran in the Biden administration, about paths for diplomacy as the U.S. and Iran accuse each other of ceasefire violations.
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U.S. forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. And, an online government portal for processing tariff refunds launches today.
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The Trump administration asserts that a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.