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A man plays with his daughter by the Dnieper River in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on June 18, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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At least 18 killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine shopping mall
KYIV – At least 18 people died and 59 people were injured Monday when a Russian missile hit a busy shopping mall in central Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.
More than 1,000 people were reportedly at the shopping mall in Kremenchuk at the time of the missile strike, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who posted a video online showing what appeared to be the shopping mall engulfed in flames and said the site had no strategic value.
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Tokyo again called on to save energy as heat, shortfalls persist
TOKYO – The government on Tuesday again asked households and businesses in Tokyo and nearby areas to reduce electricity consumption in response to a spike in demand driven by high temperatures and infrastructure issues.
For the second consecutive day, an advisory has urged people in Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s service area to take reasonable energy-saving steps including turning off unnecessary lights from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. while making appropriate use of air conditioners.
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Biden, Xi to engage within next few weeks: White House official
MUNICH – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to have a chance to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the next few weeks, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday.
The last time Biden held talks with Xi was in March through a video call, weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started.
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G-7 to slap more sanctions on Russia as leaders’ meet wraps up
MUNICH – Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Tuesday will double down on moves to isolate Russia, with more sanctions targeting its key revenue sources in response to its war in Ukraine.
The G-7 will wrap up three days of talks in Schloss Elmau, southern Germany, where discussions have been dominated by rising inflation and shortages in energy and food, issues that have put the global economy in a perilous situation.
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Japan foreign minister to visit Manila to attend Marcos’s inauguration
TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday he will visit Manila to attend Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s inauguration ceremony later this week.
Hayashi is also scheduled to hold meetings with Marcos and incoming Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, during his planned three-day trip to the Southeast Asian nation through Friday, he told reporters.
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Japan PM tells Senegal’s president Russia is to blame for food crisis
MUNICH – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday expressed concern in a meeting with Senegalese President Macky Sall over the suffering in Africa due to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, emphasizing the invasion’s role in causing a global food crisis.
During the bilateral talks in southern Germany on the fringes of the Group of Seven summit, Sall said dialogue is important to bring an early end to the war and measures are needed to address its negative impacts in Africa, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
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NYC’s annual LGBTQ rights march resumes in person with big turnout
NEW YORK – An estimated 30,000 people participated in New York City’s 53rd annual Pride March in late June, marking the return of the LGBTQ rights demonstration to a fully in-person format for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Held annually since 1970, the event originally commemorated the one-year anniversary of spontaneous protests and clashes with police following a June 1969 raid on a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn. The march was initially called Christopher Street Liberation Day in honor of the area in lower Manhattan where the uprising occurred.
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Japan, EU leaders agree security of both regions inseparable
MUNICH – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Council President Charles Michel agreed Monday to continue close coordination over their responses to Russia’s war in Ukraine and realize a “free and open” Indo-Pacific as the security of both regions is inseparable.
Michel told Kishida that he wants to work closely with him to make next year’s Group of Seven summit in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima a success, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said after the two leaders met in southern Germany.
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