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Roadworks in Georgia’s capital uncover rare 10th-century pottery cache

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 ジョージア、首都の道路工事で10世紀の陶器発見 ...
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Police say 5 dead, 40 injured in tour bus crash in eastern Switzerland

Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland. The bus, with 45 people on board, ...
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German rocket reaches space as Europe enters satellite launch race

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 German startup Isar Aerospace on Sept. 5 launched its first rocket into space from a site in Arctic Norway, bringing Europe closer to offering satellite flights from its own ...
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King Oyo, once world’s youngest monarch, buried in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom

Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Sept. 12 among the tombs of his royal forebears as his successor assumed the throne.
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South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect amid push to protect chip technology

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 South Korea’s expanded espionage law took effect Sept. 13, broadening espionage offenses beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to ...
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Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with UAE because of ‘provocative’ actions

アルジェリアはイスラエルとの国交正常化に反対しているが、UAEとアルジェリアの地域内のライバル国であるモロッコは、2020年にアメリカが仲介したアブラハム協定の下で、イスラエルと外交関係を樹立した。
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World’s most endangered tigers born in Greece as zoos build a safety net

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 絶滅危機のスマトラトラの子、ギリシャの動物園で誕生 世界で最も絶滅の危機に瀕しているトラがギリシャで家族を持ち始め、野生から急速に姿を消している捕食動物に希望をもたらしている。 バックアップとなる個体群を増やすための世界的な取り組みの一環として、生後２ヵ月のスマトラトラの子３頭（オス２頭とメス１頭）は９月８日にアテネ近郊の動物園で識別用のマイク ...
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UK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales

U.K. lawmakers on Sept. 11 voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives.
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Indonesia: Nearly 2,000 fall ill in suspected food poisoning from free school meals

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 インドネシアの無料給食、新たに2,000人が食中毒 インドネシアのプラボウォ・スビアント大統領が看板政策として進める無料給食事業との関連が疑われる食中毒で約2,000人が体調不良になり、政府が数十億ドル規模のこの事業を急速に全国へと拡大する中で、食品の安全に対する新たな懸念を引き起こしていると、関係者は９月５日に述べた。この事案は９月１日から９ ...
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India and China seek to reset ties on BRICS sidelines

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Sept. 12 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, in the latest effort by the rival neighbors to repair ties strained ...
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Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86

Isao Harimoto, Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king, has died at age 86. He died at a Tokyo hospital around 5 p.m. on Sept. 9, per a report by television station TBS. Harimoto is the only player in ...
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Japanese 15-year-olds rank top in core subjects among OECD countries

毎号届く紙面と連動しweb学習でも理解度を深めよう。 Japan ranked first among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in reading, mathematics and science in a global assessment of 15-year-olds, accordi ...