Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died Friday after being shot while delivering a campaign speech, authorities said. He was 67 years old. The big picture: Abe, who most recently held office from December 2012 to September 2020, was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He resigned in 2020 for health reasons, but continued to be influential …
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot dead: live updates The Wall Street Journal Biden reacts to the shooting death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe CBS News Upload: July 8, 2022 – The Hill The Hill Opinion | The death of Shinzo Abe is a loss for the US and its allies The …
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WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday to help safeguard women’s access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court overturned the month past the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, the White House said. Biden, a Democrat, has been pressured by her supporters, especially progressives, …
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The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, a warmer-than-expected boost in the labor market that may ease concerns about an impending recession, but which also complicates the work of the Federal Reserve as it seeks to stifle inflation. The unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, the same as a month earlier, the Department of Labor said …
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TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, was in critical condition after being shot Friday morning while delivering a speech in western Japan, according to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Images on social media showed Mr. Abe, 67, collapsed and bled to the ground in the city of Nara, near Kyoto. The Japan Fire and …
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Comment on this story Comment Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered state National Guard soldiers and law enforcement officers to detain and return migrants suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-US border. Mexico, testing the extent to which its state can go so far as to try to enforce immigration law, a federal responsibility. The …
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Comment on this story Comment An 8-year-old boy shot during the July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, remains hospitalized in critical condition, with his spinal cord severed. Cooper Roberts is sedated and ventilated at a Chicago children’s hospital, family spokesman Anthony Loizzi said during a news conference Thursday. The elementary student is among the …
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