Key words : harris speech promised
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Democratic presidential nominee Harris vows to be 'president for all Americans'
US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has promised to be 'a president for all Americans,' as she called for support so she can win the upcoming presidential election.
The incumbent vice president gave her speech on Thursday, the last day of the four-day Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Harris said the upcoming election will be a precious opportunity to chart "a New Way Forward."
Noting that she comes from a middle-class family, Harris said a strong middle class has always been critical to America's success, and building a strong one will be a defining goal of her presidency.
She stressed her intention to implement economic policies that will include tax cuts for the middle class.
Describing her rival, Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, as "an unserious man," Harris warned, "The consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious."
She said, "Consider not only the chaos and calamity when he was in office, but also the gravity of what happened since he lost the last election."
With voting about two-and-a-half months away, her roughly 40-minute-long speech broadcast live nationwide demonstrated her aim of appealing to a wide range of voters, including swing voters.
Key words : chicago Stephanie Chen
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US election enters post-convention stage
US Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic Party's nomination to run in the November presidential election. NHK World's Stephanie Chen reported from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on the challenges Harris faces moving forward.
Key words : trump border
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Trump visits US-Mexico border, criticizes Democrats' immigration policy
Former US President Donald Trump has criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over the Democratic Party's immigration policy during a visit to the southern border with Mexico.
Trump held a news conference in a border county in the western state of Arizona on Thursday.
He said that Harris wants the US "to be open to the world's criminals." He added that "for nearly four years as border czar, Harris has overseen a nation-wrecking border invasion."
The Republican presidential candidate went on to say, "We will seal the border, stop the invasion, and launch the largest deportation effort in American history, we will impose tough new sentences on illegal alien criminals."
Trump is stepping up his campaign against the Democrats by touring key battleground states.
Key words : security council pause
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UNSC members stress need for pause in Gaza fighting to tackle polio
A number of UN Security Council members have stressed the need for pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip in order to prevent the spread of polio in the enclave.
Those calls were expressed at an UNSC meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
International aid group Save the Children, which attended the meeting via video link, said medical activities are difficult in Gaza as deliveries of medicine are blocked at checkpoints. The NGO also said Gaza residents are reaching the limits of exhaustion because of repeated evacuation announcements.
The group said that polio, which was confirmed in Gaza this month for the first time in 25 years, is a threat to children wherever they live.
The NGO called for an immediate halt in fighting and expressed the need for vaccinations to prevent the spread of infection.
The UN is calling for a seven-day pause in fighting on two separate occasions to carry out large-scale vaccinations against polio. A number of countries, including Japan, voiced support at Thursday's meeting.
In response, the Israeli ambassador to the UN said his country has sent more than two million polio vaccines to Gaza in cooperation with the World Health Organization and the UN Children's Fund, or UNICEF.
He said vaccinations will start for children, but didn't say whether Israel will agree to stop fighting.
Key words : us state dalai
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US State Dept. official in charge of Tibetan issues meets Dalai Lama in New York
The US State Department says a senior official in charge of Tibetan issues has met with the Dalai Lama in New York. Beijing regards the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a "separatist" trying to split Tibet from China.
The US department announced that Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya, who is special coordinator for Tibetan issues, met with the 14th Dalai Lama on Wednesday. He has been in the US since June for a knee surgery.
It said Zeya conveyed, on behalf of President Joe Biden, best wishes for the 89-year-old leader's good health. It also said a senior official for human rights in the White House National Security Council joined Zeya for the meeting.
After the meeting, the under secretary posted a photo of the meeting with the Dalai Lama, with a comment that the United States reaffirmed its "unwavering support for the Tibetan community."
The Dalai Lama fled to northern India during China's crackdown on Tibet more than 60 years ago.
China has responded sharply to the latest meeting.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Beijing has lodged a protest with the US, saying it opposes such meetings in any form.
Key words : european italy
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Italian aircraft carrier visits Japan for first time
An Italian aircraft carrier has made a port call in Japan for the first time, following visits by naval vessels from other European nations earlier this year.
The Italian Navy's Cavour arrived at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Thursday. It was accompanied by another Italian vessel. They will take part in a joint exercise with the MSDF.
Sawada Toshihiko, the commander of the MSDF's Escort Flotilla 1, spoke at a welcome event.
Sawada said he believes the Italian Navy's increased involvement in the Indo-Pacific region will contribute to the peace and stability of the region and directly lead to maintaining order.
The commander of the Italian Fleet Air Arm, Giancarlo Ciappina, said both sides share the common values of freedom and democracy. Ciappina also said he is looking forward to carrying out drills.
The 244-meter-long-hull Cavour can carry 12 helicopters or 8 attack airplanes. After leaving Italy in June, it took part in a large-scale exercise by the Australian Air Force that began in early July.
Navy vessels from Britain, the Netherlands and Germany have visited Japan this year. Fighter aircraft from Germany, Spain, France and Italy also flew to the country.
Observers say European nations are increasing their involvement in the Indo-Pacific region, with China apparently in mind.
Key words : thailand mpox
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Thailand confirms first case involving more severe strain of mpox
Health authorities in Thailand say they have confirmed the country's first case of a new strain of mpox, the viral disease previously referred to as monkeypox. This is apparently the first time that an infection involving the more severe strain of the virus has been detected in Asia.
On Thursday, the authorities said they had confirmed the infection in a European man in his 60s. They reported that the individual entered Thailand on August 14, via the Middle East, from an African country where the disease has been spreading.
They said the man is currently receiving treatment at a hospital. The authorities said none of more than 40 people who were near the man on an airplane has complained of symptoms. They noted that they are still monitoring those people.
On August 14, the World Health Organization declared that the ongoing outbreak of mpox in Africa is a public health emergency of international concern.
Mpox causes symptoms, such as a fever and a rash. A large number of cases were reported in 2022, mostly in Europe and the United States.
The WHO says infections are surging again, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. It says the current outbreak involves a variant that is more likely to cause severe symptoms.
Key words : chinese scientist water
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Chinese scientists find new way to produce water from lunar soil: state media
A team of Chinese scientists says it has devised a new technique for producing water from lunar soil.
State-run China Central Television reported on Thursday that a group from the Chinese Academy of Sciences had come up with the method.
The team has been analyzing lunar soil samples brought back by the return capsule of the Chang'e-5 unmanned probe launched by China in 2020.
The team says that when lunar soil is heated at 1,000 degrees Celsius, hydrogen and iron oxides within it undergo a chemical reaction that produces water vapor.
It estimates that the process can create up to 76 milligrams of water from 1 gram of soil.
The team explains that it uses solar energy to heat the soil.
It intends to conduct lunar experiments using the Chang'e-8 mission, which could be launched by 2030.
China says it aims to build a research station on the moon by 2035 to carry out scientific experiments and resource development. Securing water, which can be used for oxygen production and fuel, is one of the major research themes.
Until now, attention has been focused on the ice contained in lunar soil, but China appears to have announced its new method to gain an edge in the competition with the United States over lunar exploration.
Key words : jaxa
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NASA provides asteroid samples to JAXA for further research
The US space agency has provided its Japanese counterpart with a portion of the geological samples that its spacecraft collected from an asteroid.
Last September, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back a capsule containing sand and other samples taken from Bennu, an asteroid located between the orbits of Earth and Mars. The samples weighed 121.6 grams in total.
NASA handed over roughly 0.6 grams of them to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Thursday in accordance with a bilateral deal.
JAXA's Hayabusa2 probe delivered samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth in 2020. Scientists hope that comparing samples from the two asteroids will shed more light on the origins of life on Earth and the formation of the solar system.
JAXA researchers are already analyzing the Bennu samples, including measuring the weight of the sand grains. They plan to cooperate with scientists at Japanese research institutes that have studied the Ryugu samples.
A member of JAXA's Astromaterials Science Research Group, Tachibana Shogo, said at a news conference that the Bennu samples appear similar to those from Ryugu, being mostly blackish with some white areas and a wide range of shades in between.
He said he is looking forward to seeing what can be uncovered by the researchers who have thoroughly studied the Ryugu samples.
Key words : south korea hotel fire
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At least 7 dead in hotel fire in South Korea
Seven people have been killed and twelve others injured in a fire at a hotel near the South Korean capital, Seoul.
The local fire department said it received a report shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday that smoke was coming out of a guest room on the eighth floor of the nine-story hotel in the city of Bucheon.
South Korea's public broadcaster KBS said the seven people who died were South Korean nationals.
Reports say there were 23 guests in the building when the fire broke out, and many of the bodies were found in guest rooms, hallways and stairs.
Local media said smoke spread inside the building, causing a large number of casualties.
The police and fire department officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.
The hotel is in an urban area about 7 kilometers southwest of Gimpo Airport in Seoul.
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