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Japan’s defense budget for the fiscal year 2024 has reached a record high, with the Cabinet approving a budget of 7.95 trillion yen (approximately $55.9 billion). This marks a 16.5% increase from the previous year and is part of Japan’s broader efforts to bolster its military capabilities in response to rising threats from China, North Korea, and Russia. The budget increase reflects Japan’s commitment to strengthening its defense capabilities amid what it describes as the “most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II”​ The Diplomat Japan is pushing for its largest defense budget in history,…

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In the heart of Indiana lies Gary, a city that once thrummed with the sounds of industry, its skyline pierced by smokestacks and the bustle of a thriving community. Today, it stands as a haunting shadow of its former self, with more than a third of its homes abandoned and streets lined with the skeletons of a past era. Gary, once a beacon of opportunity and growth, now holds the grim title of the city with the highest rate of abandoned homes in the United States—31.41 percent, a stark contrast to the national average of just 1.3 percent. The decline…

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Recent reports indicate that Israeli forces fired on a peace convoy in Gaza, resulting in significant controversy and international concern. The incident involved an aid convoy coordinated by the World Food Programme (WFP) that was struck by Israeli gunfire near the Wadi Gaza Bridge, despite being clearly marked and having received multiple clearances from Israeli authorities. The WFP vehicle was hit with at least ten bullets, although no injuries were reported among the staff. Following this attack, the WFP has suspended all staff movements in Gaza, citing a failure in the deconfliction system designed to protect humanitarian workers and convoys​…

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth on September 6, over 12 weeks later than originally planned and without the astronauts who initially flew aboard it. NASA announced that the spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) around 6 p.m. ET, contingent on weather and operational readiness. The uncrewed Starliner is expected to land shortly after midnight at a designated landing zone in New Mexico before being transported back to Boeing’s Starliner factory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An empty Boeing Starliner is set to return next week, while its crew stays in space…

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Scientists have explored the depths of the Nazca Ridge, an underwater mountain chain 900 miles off the coast of Chile, uncovering a massive seamount teeming with life and at least 20 never-before-seen species. This seamount rises over 1.9 miles from the ocean floor—about a third as tall as Mount Everest—and is part of an international effort to explore Earth’s largely uncharted oceans, with 95% of them still a mystery. Using underwater robots, researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute mapped the seamount and filmed some of the extraordinary life forms inhabiting this unique ecosystem. Among the discoveries were a pristine coral…

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