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TOKYO: For some people, the blue, green and white striped socks hanging near the entrance of a FamilyMart convenience store may look more like an emergency purchase than a fashion statement.Yet the 390 yen (US$2.44) socks have become one of Japan’s best-known products at convenience stores, which are usually the go-to for snacks and drinks. With 40 million pairs sold since 2021, they have helped FamilyMart reinvent itself as a lifestyle brand in the competitive “conbini” market.Now, Japan’s second-largest convenience store chain is building on that fashion credential with a wider range of lifestyle items, including matching bandanas for pets…

New Zealand trail India 2-1 and can no ​longer win the five-match series, but they can level it in Sunday’s final game.Published On 13 Nov 202613 Nov 2026Matt Henry took six wickets and Will Young struck a century as New Zealand thrashed a ragged India by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui on Friday.Henry removed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, all without scoring, in the first over of India’s chase to tear the top order apart. The visitors needed a massive 334 for victory.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNew Zealand made 333 all…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is backing Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., for the role of Senate Democratic leader.”The American people voted for change. They want a Democratic Party that will stand up to powerful special interests, take on the billionaire class and fight for working families. That is why I am supporting Senator Chris Van Hollen to lead Senate Democrats,” Sanders said in a Thursday post on X.Van Hollen threw his hat into the ring for the role on Thursday, mounting a challenge against current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The same politicians who spent years commanding companies to advance leftist ideology now want to punish those companies for simply opting out.A progressive group’s 182-page blueprint, obtained and reported by Fox News, maps out a sweeping agenda for Democratic investigations into companies that have declined to join the radical left’s political war on the Trump administration and have instead tried to work with it, or simply stay out of the fight.Maryland Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin, the expected chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has been equally blunt. He has vowed that Democrats…

English model and former F1 grid girl Leilani Dowding has long been a supporter of bringing the models back to the Formula 1 racetrack. They were removed from the sport prior to the 2018 season in a move she’s never understood.It was argued at the time that the models no longer aligned with its brand values. The 46-year-old model disagreed with the decision then and she still does. She was in Los Angeles when the news broke and found out about it in the papers. British model Leilani poses on a Jaguar Formula 1 race car July 11, 2001, at…

A woman from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne is making history at McGill University, becoming the first graduate of its Indigenous language revitalization PhD program. Mary Onwá Tekahawáhkwen Macdonald, 73, completed the program in three years, two years ahead of its usual five-year timeline.Macdonald has spent decades teaching Kanyen’kéha, the traditional name for the Mohawk language — her First Nations language.Her academic achievement is also helping inspire a new generation of students working to preserve Indigenous languages at risk of disappearing.Macdonald retired at age 70 after 45 years of teaching Indigenous languages in Akwesasne to pursue her doctorate at McGill.At first,…

Iran is resisting efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency to resume comprehensive inspections of its nuclear facilities.

Hamzah added that both PN and BN respected the king’s decisions and would oppose anyone who challenged them.“I would like to stress that for BN and PN, we revere the orders of the King, and if anyone opposes them, we will oppose them,” he said.Meanwhile, Anwar also addressed the controversy surrounding his involvement in Najib’s pardon, acknowledging that he had raised the matter for consideration. “Yes, I was the one who raised the pardon for consideration in 2023,” he said.Anwar said he had faced criticism over his involvement in the process, regardless of the position he took.“Now, some of my friends…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – As the rain intensified, 65-year-old Abu Sajed rushed to place buckets and pots strategically around his modest room in central Gaza.The stone walls and tarpaulin roof offered little protection to his makeshift home, east of Salah al-Din Street, near the “Yellow Line” in Bureij refugee camp.“We could no longer stay in bed because of the heavy rain. We moved to chairs in the only part of the room the water had not reached and waited for the rain to stop,” said Abu Sajed, who has diabetes.He searched for his blood glucose monitor in the darkness. But…

Jensen Huang steps down as Nvidia CEO; Mississippi reacts after Scott Colom wins his Senate race.