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As Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez prepare for their wedding in Venice, here’s a closer look at their close-knit blended family of seven children.

The sacred camphor tree at Kinomiya Shrine in Atami is no ordinary timber. Estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, it is one of Japan’s largest and oldest camphor trees — a towering guardian of ...