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The assault on Thursday in the city of Nakano in central Japan took the lives of a woman and two police officers. It was a rare episode of violence in a country where gun crime remains low.

The assault on Thursday in the city of Nakano in central Japan took the lives of a woman and two police officers. The police have warned residents to stay indoors until the attacker is apprehended.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, by a comfortable margin after the first round of voting.

Island residents experienced howling winds and periods of intense rainfall overnight. Officials had yet to assess the damage, but typhoon warnings remained in effect with severe weather still possible.

Seizing the city took 10 months and untold lives. Most likely, analysts say, Russia’s exhausted forces will settle into a defensive crouch, preparing for Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

“It is going to be scary,” one meteorologist said as the slow-moving storm brought hurricane-force winds to the U.S. Pacific territory.

The slow-moving Pacific cyclone brought strong winds to the American territory on Wednesday. Most of the island was without electricity, and a flash flood warning was in effect.

Protesters have been harassing the French government in clanky demonstrations that have gone viral in a country with no shortage of kitchenware.

Forecasters said the storm was on track to hit the U.S. Pacific territory on Wednesday.

Times photographers have been documenting Ukraine’s defense of the Eastern city since May 2022.