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Month: September 2022

Las Vegas Review Journal claims police unlawfully seized slain reporter Jeff German’s computers and cell phone

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Attorneys representing the newspaper where slain Las Vegas reporter Jeff German worked are arguing his “journalistic materials” were unlawfully seized by city police, according to a letter sent by the attorneys and obtained by CNN. The letter, which was sent last Wednesday on behalf of the publisher of

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Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member have ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games. Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi for the third time in a widening case involving dubious payments. Tokyo prosecutors say the latest allegations center on 15 million yen, or

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Japan demands apology from Russia after diplomat allegedly blindfolded and interrogated

By Heather Chen, Junko Ogura and Jake Kwon and Uliana Pavlova CNN Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after Federal Security Service (FSB) agents allegedly blindfolded and interrogated a Japanese diplomat, before giving him 48 hours to leave the country. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Vladivostok-based Japanese consul Motoki Tatsunori was detained and

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Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press The U.N. Security Council is meeting to discuss the separation referendums that Moscow-backed authorities held in four occupied regions of Ukraine. Ukraine requested the Tuesday afternoon meeting and has asked for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be given time to address the council members by video. The balloting was widely viewed as

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