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Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister

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Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was shot during a campaign event in […]

Bids to smuggle wheat & flour foiled; over 28 tons confiscated

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RAWALPINDI, Jul 08 (APP): The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on Friday foiled two bids to smuggle wheat and flour besides seizing over 28 tons of wheat and flour. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad […]

Lavrov walks out of G20 talks as West presses Moscow on Ukraine

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Bali, Indonesia, July 8 (AFP/APP): Russia’s top diplomat stormed out of talks with G20 foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia on Friday as Western powers criticised Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Washington and allies condemned Russia’s assault ahead of the meeting before Foreign Minister Sergei […]

Trauma of Greenland’s forced contraception

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Ilulissat, Denmark, July 8 (AFP/APP):”I had to spread my legs, and when it was put in it hurt terribly,” said Britta Mortensen, who was 15 she when was forced to have a coil, or intrauterine device (IUD), fitted. Like thousands of young Greenland Inuit, she […]

Scholz says ‘aghast and deeply sad’ over Abe murder

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Berlin, July 8 (AFP/APP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed shock and solidarity with Japan on Friday after the killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. “The deadly attack on Shinzo Abe has left me aghast and deeply sad,” the German leader tweeted. “I extend deep […]

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