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Ichiro Suzuki looks on before a game between the Seattle Mariners and the St. Louis Cardinals on April 21, 2023 in Seattle, Wash. Suzuki was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame Tuesday following his stellar career.

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When Ichiro retired, his records felt 'small' compared to the emotional moments

Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. But all that paled compared to moments with fans like his farewell at the Tokyo Dome in 2019, he said.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Same-sex couples pose for pictures at a marriage registration event at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, on Thursday.

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  • Asia

Couples wed as landmark same-sex marriage law takes effect in Thailand

Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage.

January 23, 2025
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  • Adam Hancock
Police officers stand guard as supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol try to enter the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces possible imprisonment over his declaration of martial law last month. The formal arrest comes days after he was apprehended.

January 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the citizen forum including doctors walk in a rally protesting a rape and murder of a resident doctor in a government hospital early August, in Kolkata, India, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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  • World

In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and murder of a trainee doctor

A court found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, a crime that sparked protests and hospital strikes amid concerns over lack of safety for women.

January 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday.

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  • World

Trump and China's Xi speak by phone as Supreme Court issues TikTok ruling

The Trump-Xi phone call came hours before the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a U.S. law that effectively bans TikTok starting Sunday.

January 17, 2025
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  • Vincent Ni
A woman carries a child as she shops at a New Year bazaar set up for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing on Jan. 13.

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  • World

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its economy

Rising costs of living are causing young people to put off or rule out marriage and child birth while pursuing higher education and careers.

January 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, with his wife Bushra Bibi, speaks to the media before signing documents to submit surety bond over his bails in different cases, at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17, 2023.

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  • World

Court sentences former Pakistani leader Imran Khan to 14 years in prison

Khan has denied wrongdoing and insisted since his arrest in 2023 that all the charges against him are a plot by rivals to keep him from returning to office.

January 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, called RedNote in English, is attracting scores of Americans ahead of TikTok's potential shutdown in the U.S.

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  • Technology

What to know about RedNote, the Chinese app that American TikTokkers are flooding

With TikTok's days in the U.S. potentially numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.

January 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea on Wednesday.

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  • World

South Korean President Yoon detained after standoff over martial law decree

Yoon and his ruling party supporters remain defiant against the insurrection charges. He is South Korea's first sitting president to be detained.

January 15, 2025
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  • Se Eun Gong
One of motorcade for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves for the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials from the gate of the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon

Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him over his imposition of martial law last month.

January 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025.

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  • World

China's exports in December up 10.7%, beating estimates as higher U.S. tariffs loom

China has raced to fill orders ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs on Chinese goods. Exports have surged in the country since the pandemic.

January 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A devotee garlands a senior Hindu holy man walking in a procession, a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.

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  • Asia

India kicks off a Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

Over the coming weeks, Hindu pilgrims with gather at the confluence of three rivers where they will begin a journey to reach Hindu philosophy's ultimate goal: the release from the cycle of rebirth.

January 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Jan. 7, 2025.

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  • Asia

Strong earthquake kills dozens in region of Tibet near Mount Everest

A strong earthquake killed dozens of people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across the border in Nepal.

January 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds a placard reading "Stop the Steal" as he takes part in a rally near Yoon's residence in Seoul on Sunday.

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  • World

Lessons from self-inflicted blows to democracy in South Korea and the U.S.

The brief declaration of martial law in South Korea last month has drawn comparisons to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The attempted power grabs could hold lessons for other democracies.

January 06, 2025
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  • Anthony Kuhn
A student has his meal during the kick off of President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious free meal program to feed children and pregnant women nationwide — despite critics saying that its required logistics could hurt Indonesia's state finances and economy — at an elementary school in Depok, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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  • Asia

Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting

Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting, as critics question whether the program is affordable.

January 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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