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JAPAN

Tsunami warning issued after powerful quake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northeastern Japan late on Monday night, triggering a tsunami warning for wide areas along the Pacific coast, the country's weather agency said. The earthquake occurred at 11:15 pm at a depth of 50 kilometers, measuring upper 6 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in the hardest-hit areas, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency issued a tsunami warning for the coastal areas of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate prefectures, with waves up to 3 meters expected.

UNITED STATES

Zelensky 'isn't ready' to accept plan: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "isn't ready" to sign off on a US-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "I'm a little bit disappointed that President Zelensky hasn't yet read the proposal, that was as of a few hours ago. His people love it, but he hasn't," Trump said in an exchange with reporters. "Russia is, I believe, fine with it, but I'm not sure that Zelensky's fine with it."

Agencies Via Xinhua