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Smoke spread so fast at Japanese animation firm victims couldn't open rooftop door

REUTERS EDITORIAL

Smoke spread so fast through the Japanese animation company hit by an arson attack last week that a majority of victims who had tried to flee through a rooftop door were unable to open it before perishing, Japanese media said on Monday.

Asia stocks fall on likely smaller Fed rate cut, crude climbs

SHINICHI SAOSHIRO

Asia stocks fell on Monday as investors scaled back expectations of an aggressive interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, while heightened Middle East tensions following Iran's seizure of a British tanker lifted crude oil prices.

Robert Morgenthau, Longtime Manhattan District Attorney, Dies at 99

ROBERT D. MCFADDEN

Mr. Morgenthau was the bane of mobsters and crooked politicians and a confidant of mayors and governors, who came and went while he stayed on for decades.

China's answer to the Nasdaq just started trading. One stock soared 500%

China launched its latest bid for tech superpower status by opening a Nasdaq-style stock market in a frenzy of buying by investors.

Longtime New York District Attorney, scourge of white-collar criminals, dies at 99: NYT

REUTERS EDITORIAL

Robert Morgenthau, 99, who became the scourge of white-collar criminals over three decades as the Manhattan district attorney, died on Sunday, his family told the New York Times.

Israel begins to demolish homes on Jerusalem outskirts, stoking Palestinian fears

ALI SAWAFTA

Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism.

One Thing You Can Do: Know Your Tree Facts

TIK ROOT AND KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS

Also this week, visiting some very big bears in a very hot Alaska.

Takeaways from Japan poll: diplomatic challenges and diversity

LINDA SIEG

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has avoided lame-duck status after his ruling bloc won a solid victory in Sunday's upper house election but the poll - with nearly record-low turnout - has dented his hopes of revising the pacifist constitution and left him facing tough diplomatic challenges

Analysis: Mueller's big moment is make or break for Democrats

Democrats are pinning their last, best hopes of proving that President Donald Trump committed impeachable crimes on former special counsel Robert Mueller who is set to reluctantly serve as a star witness in Wednesday's televised spectacle.

Mexico anxiously awaits U.S. response on immigration deal as deadline arrives

REUTERS EDITORIAL

Mexico is on tenterhooks as a Monday deadline on a U.S. migration deal that removed tariff threats on Mexican exports arrived, and despite progress made in reducing migrant flows it was unclear what President Donald Trump's next move would be.

Japan PM Abe: Won't hesitate to take all steps flexibly vs. downside economy risks

REUTERS EDITORIAL

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he would take all possible steps flexibly and without hesitation when downside risks to the economy emerge.

Boris Johnson Is How Britain Ends

JAMES BUTLER

Not with a bang, but with a burst of blond ambition.

President Duterte’s War on Drugs Is a Pretense

LEILA DE LIMA

He is using it to quash the opposition in the Philippines. I should know: I’m one of his victims.

Japan's Abe says poll result shows voters want debate on charter revision

REUTERS EDITORIAL

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for debate on revising the post-war, pacifist constitution, saying the result of an upper house election the previous day showed it was what voters sought.

FaceApp and the Savage Shock of Aging

NICCI GERRARD

In the mirror is someone we never thought we’d become.