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Women in Japan Do Over Half a Trillion Dollars More of Unpaid Housework Than Men

Japanese women are missing out on around ¥111 trillion ($761 billion) in pay for a range of household tasks they do for free, an amount that’s roughly equivalent to a fifth of the country’s economy. While men also engage in

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Senior officials believe ousting of Dani Dayan from Yad Vashem off the table – report

Unsourced report says officials understand that move to fire head of memorial will be shelved amid growing international outcry from US, EU officials and Holocaust educators

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Tens of Thousands of Ukrainians Scarred by Amputations and Trauma

LVIV, Ukraine — The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of testiness over recollections made unreliable by their last day fighting, the day the war took away

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India’s moon rover completes its walk as scientists look for signs of frozen water

There was no word on the outcome of the rover searches for signs of frozen water on the lunar surface that could help future astronaut missions. (Image credit: AP)

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Tesla China Extends Delivery Time for Model Y Long Range

Tesla extended the delivery time for the Model Y Long Range to between six and eight weeks, according to Tesla China’s website on Monday.

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Levin, Ben Gvir said to suggest forcibly moving Eritrean migrants to north Tel Aviv

After rioting in city’s south, justice and national security ministers tout plan to move asylum seekers to wealthier, and left-leaning, neighborhoods

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Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty. (Image credit: Andrew Medichini/AP)

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Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty. (Image credit: Andrew Medichini/AP)

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Over 500 academic ex-pats sign petition backing anti-overhaul protests

Petitioners warn of growing brain drain and loss of funding due to controversial legislative moves, says rallies justified amid government’s pursuit of ‘limitless power’

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Splashdown! NASA’s Crew-6 returns after six months at the International Space Station

The four-member crew – three astronauts and a cosmonaut – launched in March and conducted more than 200 experiments. They also performed spacewalks and did maintenance on the orbiting outpost. (Image credit: Credit: NASA)

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