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Pyongyang claims propaganda drones have infiltrated the capital's airspace three times in recent days, with leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister threatening a "horrible disaster" unless they stop.

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It will be a horrible disaster for all of the people of North and South Korea if war did restart.

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TaiwanIsNotChinaToday 04:14 pm JST

JJEToday 04:09 pm JST

SK needs to stop these ruthless provocations.

I know, I mean dropping dollar bills. Somebody could poke their eye out like that.

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Or worse, they could buy food on the black market with it.

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Sooner or later, some one is going to make a mistake and people on both sides will die.

A simple nervous trigger finger twitches and hell starts.

2nd time in Japan i had some one fall asleep and lean on my right side.

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2 or 3 pushes/nudges and nothing.

Then arrived at my stop and i stood up sharply and he nearly fell off seat.

socrateosToday 05:00 pm JST

[o]ne in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.

It's hard to believe. I am skeptical.

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No it is not hard to believe.

I know several who has suffered sexual abuse.

As a child they did not know it was wrong till they reached an age where they understood that what was done to them was wrong.

That monster is dead now.

Sadly he only suffered a slow death over a year or two, as his lungs slowly stopped working.

He spent his last years in prison and from what i heard, it was not pleasant.

There were nightly visits, just to make sure he was alive.

Oh, i do not like Musk.

After what he did to Twitter.

Eu makes a new law and now they are going for billions from the big companies.

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Will it fix the problems with X, Google, etc ?

The problems of fake news and all of the other trash will not go away.

They will keep showing up.

Musk crippled Twitter by removing staff vital to reducing the crap.

Musk will most likely do what he did to Brazil and move X out of the EU but leave access open to EU.

So if anyone from the EU want to use X, they may find themselves on a server in Russia, China or some where else.

If people go to servers outside the EU and encounter lies and false hoods, could the EU then fine Musk etc ?

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

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The $_$ signs are in their eyes.

it is sad when a not for profit who is helping humanity goes to the lets make lots of money and keep it side.

Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.

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Did he pull it back enough to lock in place

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pulled it back and when he let go, the hammer shot forward and set the bullet off ?

Was the trigger faulty ?

Will we find out the truth behind what really happened and who is at fault ?

Mr KiplingSep. 27 04:25 pm JST

Where is the panic?

When China or North Korea launch its as if Japan is under attack but when Japan does it... No problem?

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When China launches a ballistic missile without warning over another country, it is a problem.

North Korea launches are more alarming as they show NK improvement in rockets/missiles when they work.

When Japan launches a rocket, it is not going over any large land masses with countries.

Also they give warning about their launches before hand.

Cognac producers are calling on the EU to postpone its September 25 vote on imposing tariffs on EVs imported from China, fearing China will respond with customs duties on European brandy.

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If the EU backs down, the car industry will be up in arms and complaining.

The brandy makers are a smaller group then car makers thought out the EU.

Other members of the EU will put the EV tariff ahead of the French Brandy.

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What will be next to be tariff and tariff in return ?

Tariffs will only make it worse for the workers hit by them and the buyers who have to pay more.

The Labour government claims it has inherited a fiscal black hole.

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is it as massive as the one the Conservatives was handed in 2008, when Labour was kicked out ?

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Does not matter which side is in government, once they are out, the other side walks in and make changes and screw things up.

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Deals made by the previous party are torn up and new ones made with the rest of the world.

This makes dealing with the UK a possibly unstable as an agreement could be thrown away by the next party in power.

I will wait and see what happens this time Labour is in control.

Maybe they will do a good job.

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You can all stop laughing at my last sentence.

In the Netherlands, Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Friday unveiled the country's strictest migration policy yet, saying it will request an opt-out from EU common policy on asylum next week.

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Will Germany and France and the rest, allow this ?

After all, the eu is one big family.

And like any large family there will be decent and disagreement.

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Germany putting up border control inside the eu, goes against the freedom of movement policy.

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What is going to happen next in/to the eu ?

Should be 6 x 10 years.

Even that would be too little.

For punishment for these types of crimes, should be "do unto the criminal what they did to their victim,ten times at lest." Then lock them in some dark hole till they die.

That is the most easy punishment that comes to my mind for such criminals.

I have thought of worse, but my posting would be removed if i typed them and maybe be banned.

Concluding a long-running legal battle, the European Court of Justice ruled that the iPhone maker must pay 13 billion euros ($14.3 billion) in back-taxes to Ireland.

"The Court of Justice gives final judgment in the matter and confirms the European Commission's 2016 decision: Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover," the court said in a statement.

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So the Republic of Southern Ireland tells iPhone you only need to pay this rate and then the EU interferes saying no, you must pay this rate.

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One of the most bitter legal battles between the European Commission and big tech, the Apple case dates back to 2016 when the EU's executive arm claimed Ireland allowed the iPhone maker to avoid billions of euros in taxes.

By the commission's calculations, Dublin allowed Apple to pay a tax rate of one percent of its European profits in 2003 which then dropped to 0.005 percent by 2014.

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Republic of Southern Ireland ALLOWS iPhone/Apple to pay a low tax rate.

iPhone/Apple thinks we will use the Republic of Southern Ireland as our main place.

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"This ruling exposes EU tax havens' love affair with multinationals. It delivers long-overdue justice after over a decade of Ireland standing by and allowing Apple to dodge taxes," said Chiara Putaturo at EU tax expert at anti-poverty organization.

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So the other members of the EU does not like the special offer given by Republic of Southern Ireland to iPhone/Apple, cry foul, as they do not get iPhone/Apple headquarters in their country.

So they punish iPhone/Apple just for deciding to use the country offering the best tax deal.

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Will the Republic of Southern Ireland be punished with billions of euros in fine/s for giving iPhone/Apple such low tax rate ?

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NOTE:

Ireland is two independent countries and saying "Ireland" gives the false impression there is only one country.

There are two countries that make up Ireland.

Northern Ireland

and

the Republic of Southern Ireland

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The nine, who were cleaning staff at the open air concert and aged from their teens to their 20s, complained of numbness in their legs, but their conditions were not life-threatening, the police said.

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I would prefer to hear a medical report from a doctor.

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The strike must have hit near them and electrified the ground, as it is reported "complained of numbness in their legs".

It is good that none were seriously injured.

California adds a second metric to the equation: regulated AI models must also cost at least $100 million to build.

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How does a minimum of 100 mill suppose to regulate an AI ?

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How do you know when AI is powerful enough to be dangerous?

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When it is too late.

The AI would be processing information, thinking far faster than a human could.

By the time it is noticed as dangerous, it would be too late.

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Only safe way is to keep AI in their own separate cell, cut off from connecting to the outside world.

They should push back the date for only electric cars to 2050.

To give people time to adjust and for the infrastructure for electric cars to be put into places.

I would change to a hybrid (diesel/electric) but not to a pure electric due to the lack of charging stations in Northern Ireland UK .

I am glad his was a minor one.

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My mother had a bad stroke 3 years ago.

Life changing is an understatement.

餓死鬼Today 08:31 pm JST

Vinegar + bleach = not a good time

drug mixup

They are disinfectants.

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This reminds me of a science experiment at my Secondary School "what is called in Japan a Middle School"

The teacher mixed Vinegar & Bleach and the told us to go up to his desk and take a smell.

For some reason we did not trust him as much afterwards

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There has been deaths over the years from people mixing cleaning agents in enclosed areas like small bathrooms.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been a public health problem in parts of Africa since 1970, but received little global attention until it surged internationally in 2022, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. That declaration ended 10 months later.

A new strain of the virus, known as clade Ib, has the world's attention again after the WHO declared a new health emergency.

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Congo has had more than 18,000 suspected clade I and clade Ib mpox cases and 615 deaths this year, according to the WHO. There have also been 222 confirmed clade Ib cases in four African countries in the last month, plus a case each in Sweden and Thailand in people with a travel history in Africa.

"I worry that in Africa, we are working blindly," said Dr. Dimie Ogoina

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Of course it received little attention until it started to spread internationally.

Rich nations seems to only pay attention when something starts to affect their people.

Poorer nations are left to fend for themselves which then ends up making the problem worse due to their lack of technology, equipment and money.

The US space agency has repeatedly insisted its goal is to have two vehicles to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS, a sort of insurance plan in case one has problems.

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I wonder if they thought they would have to use their insurance plan so soon ?

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Boeing rep is taking a hammering.

Tick-borne infectious diseases, such as scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever, have long been observed in Japan. The parasites can also be the source of infections such as Lyme disease.

In recent years, however, cases have been reported of infectious diseases previously undetected in humans in the country, believed to be caused by tick-borne viruses.

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Maybe these previous undetected infections came from tick that feasted on foreigners visiting Japan ?

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insert image of two ticks talking while looking at foreigners at a camp site .

Tick one : What shall we have tonight ?

Tick two : We have choice of Chinese. Tia, Indian, Mexican,

He was lucky to get away with his life.

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How many lives has the drugs he trafficked killed or ruined ?

He should still be in the first prison till his death.

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He took a liking to one, who became his girlfriend

Did she have much of a choice ?

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WoodyLeeToday 08:13 am JST

By the way, why are people buying drinking water??

Japan water is as clean as it gets, but if you are still concerned just boil it, let it cool, pour it in bottles cap it tight and keep it in the fridge up to 1 week or just keep refilling.

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Pukey2Today 02:40 pm JST

woodylee:

By the way, why are people buying drinking water??

Japan water is as clean as it gets

It doesn't matter how clean the water is. If it's not coming out of the faucet, then it's of no use to anyone.

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They buy it so they will have something to drink in the case of the failure of main water supply as said by Pukey2Today.

In the UK bottled water (in plastic bottles) sold has an expire date of two years.

Carbonated (fizzy) water expire date of one year.

Depending on what container material is used, the water can keep for years.

cut the legal speed limit on narrow roads in residential areas to 30 kilometers per hour from the current 60 kph to reduce traffic accidents.

Roads less than 5.5 meters wide, around 70 percent of the total network of local routes, are expected to be subject to the revision of the traffic law that is set to take effect in September 2026.

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60 KPH = 38 MPH

In the UK most roads that size in residential areas are 30 MPH (48 KPH) and most drivers obey that.

I refer to the width of the road, NOT including the footpaths on it.

I drive to the bottom of my road and to the right, about 20 meters away, is the signs for 30 / 40 MPH limits.

I always assume the ones comming from the right are doing 40 MPH (64 KPH) as upto half do not slow down to 30 till they pass the sign and are already in the 30 zone.

When in Japan i did encounter cars doing, what i call dangerous (but legal) speeds in narrow roads.

I was cycling as it was easier to park than a car.

auto steel joint venture

Nippon Steel said it was suing Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., or Baosteel, for an alleged patent violation.

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No surprise there.

Seems to happen when any company does a joint venture with a chinese firm.

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A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to have triggered systems problems

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So it was not M$ fault this time.

First time for everything.

a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts

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The privately-owned IndiGo airlines told the passengers on X that the Microsoft outage on Friday impacted airline operations in India, inconveniencing thousands of passengers.

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Windows update defect strikes again.

I have my windows update delay set to a week to avoid possible problems.

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passengers were stranded as online check-in services and self-service booths were disabled.

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A major problem using online and self-service boths.

Without a hard copy/ ticket you are going no where.

very soon all students will have about a month of freedom away from their school walls

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In the UK summer school holidays last 2 months.

Also our summer is less hot.

Fires are common in China due to lax safety standards and poor enforcement

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Chinese leaders should get off their arses and create inspectors to deal with this problem.

Do something for the people and not just for their themselves.

police and prosecutors had suppressed potentially significant evidence that could have explained how live rounds ended up on set.

never examined by the lead detective or shown to defense lawyers

It also alleges Morrissey withheld further evidence relevant to Gutierrez's case until after her trial, including an interview with a prop weapons supplier, and reports by state firearms experts.

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The police and prosecutors have royaly screwed up.

With holding evidence and statements from the defence will most likely set her free.

The errors by the police and prosecutors are as bad as what happened on the set with the handling of the gun.

Will anyone serve timenow, for the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of the film's director ?