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Aug 27, 2023

North Korea approves return of its citizens from abroad after COVID lockdown

Cargo train and ship traffic have slowly increased over the past year, but North Korea has only just begun to allow some international passenger travel.

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Aug 27, 2023

Bob Barker, long-time US TV game show host, dies at age 99

“The Price Is Right” from 1972 to 2007, won 19 Daytime Emmy awards, the top US television honours

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Aug 27, 2023

Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima

Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors

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Aug 27, 2023

Three US marines killed in Australia helicopter crash

The Osprey is a hybrid combining features of helicopters and turbo-prop planes which can travel much faster than a conventional helicopter.

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Aug 27, 2023

US military aircraft crashes near Darwin

Up to 500 US personnel are participating in the exercise as well as troops from Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

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Aug 27, 2023

White gunman kills three Black people in ‘hate crime’ then kills himself

The attack on a shopping centre in a predominately Black neighbourhood raised memories of past shootings targeting Black Americans,

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Aug 27, 2023

Zimbabwe president declared election winner, opposition rejects result

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said Nelson Chamisa, who leads the opposition CCC party secured 44 per cent of the presidential vote.

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Aug 27, 2023

Chocolate makers’ prospects sour as cocoa prices spike

Barry Callebaut, the world’s biggest chocolate maker supplying most major brands including Nestle, doesn’t expect any growth in sales volumes this year.

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Aug 27, 2023

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance

Peskov, who said Putin had not met Prigozhin recently, also said it was unclear how long the tests and investigative work would take.

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Aug 26, 2023

Exiled Russian journalist describes ‘poisoning’ ordeal on German train

German prosecutors are investigating whether Kostyuchenko, who is now living in hiding, was the victim of an attempted murder when she became ill last October.