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Japan's parliament agrees on next PM vote on Tuesday

Japan's lower house scheduling committee board has agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to select the next prime minister on Oct 21, a senior committee member told Reuters on Friday (Oct 17).While the ...
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US and Brazil say they aim for Trump-Lula meeting as soon as possible

US and Brazilian officials held trade talks on Thursday (Oct 16) that the two sides called positive and agreed to work to ...
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India already cutting Russian oil imports by 50% after US talks, White House official says

The United States and India have held productive trade talks, and Indian refiners are already cutting Russian oil imports by ...
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Socialist PM Murayama issued landmark apology for Japan's wartime deeds

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died Friday (Oct 17) aged 101, was best known for his landmark apology for Japan ...
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6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines, a week after 2 earlier quakes

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines on Friday morning (Oct 17). According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor struck near Dapa municipality in Surigao del ...
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Selena Gomez cried after wedding fearing she could die the next day

Selena Gomez cried after her wedding fearing she could "die the next day".The Only Murders in the Building actress has admitted she often struggles to enjoy the highs of life because she's scared it ...
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Chinese sanctions on Hanwha's US shipbuilding units aim to 'coerce' South Korea, State Dept says

Chinese sanctions imposed this week on US affiliates of shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean aim to undermine South Korea-US co-operation and "to coerce" Washington's Asian ally, a US State Department ...
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Pakistan says it's ready for talks with Afghanistan, Kabul residents recall airstrike shock

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday (Oct 16) that Islamabad was ready to hold talks with Afghanistan to resolve their conflict, as a temporary ceasefire that halted days of fierce ...
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MI5 chief frustrated by collapse of UK China spying case

UK's MI5 spy chief said on Thursday (Oct 16) he was frustrated by the collapse of a China spying case which has led to ...
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'My daughter was stabbed 200 times': Heartbroken mother speaks out after Malaysia school attack

The mother of the 16-year-old girl killed at a Malaysia school on Tuesday (Oct 14) alleges that her daughter was knifed 200 times in the horrific attack."My daughter was stabbed 200 times...she wasn't ...
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'Not for foreign entities to tell Singaporeans how to vote': MHA responds to Malaysian political party PAS

It is "not for foreign entities or individuals to tell Singaporeans how to vote", said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on ...
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Carney expects to meet senior China leaders, sidesteps question on tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (Oct 16) said he expected to meet senior Chinese leaders soon but sidestepped a question about dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for ...