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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his “understanding” of the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, in sharp ...

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Previously classified personnel rosters of lesser-known wartime bacteriological units deployed in China, hidden since the end of World War II, have been released, which will help researchers better ...