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Japan's Shigeru Ishiba, Fumio Kishida and chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga (L to R) are contenders to replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister
World
11.08.2024
Japan ruling party sets Sept 14 vote on PM Abe's successor
Uber has operated in a legal grey area in Hong Kong and the judge's decision could deal a blow to ride-sharing in the city
World
11.08.2024
Uber seeks Hong Kong govt meeting after court defeat
Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness, worries that rich countries will try to secure the first Covid-19 vaccines for themselves
World
11.08.2024
Poor countries desperate for Covid vaccines may be outbid by richer neighbors
Map of the Korean peninsula, showing the forecast track of Typhoon Maysak
World
11.08.2024
Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula
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Given its historical importance, the trial at the Paris courthouse will be filmed for France's official archives, a first for a terror trial
World 11.08.2024
Suspected accomplices in Charlie Hebdo jihadist killings face trial
With Joe Kennedy's defeat, come January, there will be no one from the Kennedy clan in elected office 
World 11.08.2024
End of a dynasty? Joe Kennedy defeated in US Senate bid
Nigeria's oil-rich Niger delta is prone to corruption and mismanagement, officials say. Here we see an abandoned boat filled with oil near the city of Port Harcourt
World 11.08.2024
Nigerian oil agency under scrutiny for missing billions
Health experts feared Pakistan's crowded cities would provide fertile breeding ground for the coronavirus
World 11.08.2024
Pakistan puzzles health experts as virus cases drop
With so many of its relationships rendered transactional, Riyadh is struggling to win respect and its once-leading role in the Muslim world is increasingly challenged by its rivals, observers say
World 11.08.2024
Spurned by allies, Saudi rethinks chequebook diplomacy
Analysts say Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, pictured in August 2020, aims to ensure that some heavyweight opposition figures take part in the election to lend the vote legitimacy
World 11.08.2024
Analysts call Maduro opposition pardons 'political calculation'
Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti (L) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (R) will meet at the White House in Washington to discuss economic cooperation
World 11.08.2024
Trump to host summit between bitter enemies Kosovo and Serbia
A lockdown of five million people in Melbourne has compounded the problems for the Australian economy
World 11.08.2024
Australia enters recession after three decades of growth
An Iraqi fisherman makes his way through dead fish and plants in the Delmaj marsh, east of the city of Diwaniyah, in southern Iraq
World 11.08.2024
Gangs, smugglers, poison? Iraq's dead fish kick up stink
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