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The Ishigaki City Council in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture passed legislation that changes the administrative status of the uninhabited group of islands, known as Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China. The bill changes the islands name for administrative purposes from “Tonoshiro” to Tonoshiro Senkaku “to avoid confusion with another area …

LONDON (Reuters) – Gold prices rose to their highest level in nearly eight years on Wednesday, as global stocks cooled as signs of a rally in coronavirus cases kept investors on edge. FILE PHOTO: Gold bars and granules are displayed at the Austrian Oegussa silver-gold separation plant in Vienna on …

Todd Kirkland / Associated Press Detroit Lions new owner Sheila Ford Hamp said she would “support” team signing Colin Kaepernick. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Hamp said: “If all of our coaches and general manager thought it was a good idea to bring him in, then I would support him.” …

Trudeau spoke days after Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were officially charged with spying on and handling state secrets. The two men were first detained in late 2018 in the weeks following the arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese tech company Huawei, on charges filed …

Hopes for legislation on new police reforms that were passed before the election faded on Tuesday despite protests across the country calling for change after the recent police killings of American blacks. The dueling bills put forward in Congress, one of the House Democrats, where they have the majority, and …