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U.S. elections show Republicans have clear voter problems

Abortion rights won the day, not the ‘anti-woke’ agenda favored by Trumpian candidates

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Falls Church, Virginia, on Tuesday.

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Falls Church, Virginia, on Tuesday. | REUTERS

By Jonathan Bernstein
Bloomberg

Nov 9, 2023

The Republican Party is facing some tough choices after Tuesday’s election results, but the most likely outcome is that they can’t or won’t make them.

And that spells trouble for its chances in 2024 — no matter what the latest polls are saying about President Joe Biden’s weakness.

Abortion as an issue that breaks strongly for the Democrats doesn’t seem to be going away at any point soon, and neither, apparently, is Donald Trump.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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