September 4, Friday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Ms. Yamamoto Miki

  1. People in southwestern Japan are preparing for a powerful typhoon that may become one of the strongest storms to hit Japan in decades.
  2. The leader of the Belarusian opposition has expressed concern over possible interference by Russia in her country.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked an uproar over his remarks apparently encouraging people to vote twice, once by mail and then at polling stations in November’s presidential election.

September 3, Thursday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Ms. Yamamoto Miki

  1. Japanese weather officials are warning of two typhoons, with one of them already affecting mainly the country’s southwest, while the other is expected to approach in a few days.
  2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent developed by the former Soviet Union.
  3. The king of Thailand has restored official titles to his royal consort, nearly a year after she was stripped of them.