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Four Japanese basketball players arrive at Jakarta airport Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. They were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home Monday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they "spent the night in a hotel with women." Photo: Jun Hirata / Associated Press

4 Japanese Basketballers Kicked Out After ‘Night out With Women’

JAKARTA — Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home Monday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they...
South Koreans leave for North Korea to take part in family reunions with their North Korean family members Monday at the customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) office, in Goseong, South Korea. Photo: Associated Press

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SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Monday for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives...
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Electric car maker Tesla's CEO Elon Musk admitted to The New York Times that stress is taking a heavy toll on him personally in...
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SAN FRANCISCO — More than a thousand Google employees have signed a letter protesting the company's secretive plan to build a search engine that...
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Trump Yanks Ex-CIA Chief’s Clearance, Hitting Vocal Critic

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly revoked the security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, an unprecedented act of retribution against a...
Japanese football international Keisuke Honda at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Photo: Светлана Бекетова / Wikimedia Commons

Honda Put off Retirement to Sign Aussie Footie League Deal

MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan star Keisuke Honda says he planned to retire after this year's World Cup but changed his mind when offered a...
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