Japan to spend $12mn on ex-PM Abe's state funeral
Japan expects to spend around 1.7 billion yen ($12 million) on a state funeral for assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, the government said Tuesday, despite controversy over the plan.
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Navy taking on gangs in Colombia's biggest port
Colombia's Navy put on a show of force at the weekend in a town whose population is at the mercy of two warring gangs.
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Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'
The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday.
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Rescuers scour for survivors after dozens killed in China quake
Rescuers scoured through rubble for hundreds of missing people in parts of southwestern China on Tuesday after an earthquake killed more than 60, as local weather services warned rain was set to inundate the area.
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Asian markets mixed as bargain-buying tempers fears over outlook
Asian investors struggled Tuesday to recover from the previous day's losses on growing fears over Europe's worsening energy crisis, China's economic slowdown and central bank efforts to contain surging inflation.
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Lula voters nostalgic for social gains in Brazil
Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's social programs helped lift tens of millions of people from poverty and chip away at deep-rooted inequality and discrimination in Brazil -- gains supporters hope will now resume.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro still the 'Bibles, bullets and beef' candidate
Four years after President Jair Bolsonaro rode to victory on a groundswell of support from Brazil's "Bibles, bullets and beef" coalition, that powerful trio of groups is still the core of his base.
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Sabalenka into US Open quarter-finals for second time
Aryna Sabalenka reached the US Open quarter-finals for a second successive year on Monday with a three-set comeback win over Danielle Collins.
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Army taking on gangs in Colombia's biggest port
Colombia's army put on a show of force at the weekend in a town whose population is at the mercy of two warring gangs.
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'Kvaradona' leading upbeat Napoli's charge against Liverpool
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the name dancing around Napoli fans' lips thanks to a stunning start to life in Italy which has swept away the summertime blues ahead of Wednesday's visit of Liverpool.
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