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A young man plays on a beach as the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Sea Horse, carrying some 200,000 barrels of Russia-origin fuel originally bound for Cuba, is anchored near the coast after arriving in Venezuelan waters, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on Saturday.

WORLD / Politics

Mar 30, 2026

U.S. plans to allow Russian oil tanker into Cuba, easing crisis

The shipment of 730,000 barrels of crude is expected to be allowed to arrive in coming days.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

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