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Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his victory in one of the closest ever leadership races for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Here's what to expect.
Nepal began to grapple with damage wrought by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains as residents faced the task of cleaning homes and extracting their broken belongings from mud. Meanwhile in the US, cleanup and recovery efforts got under way after Hurricane Helene claimed at least 90 lives.
Donald Trump railed against immigrants in the country illegally in an often-graphic speech in Pennsylvania, his fourth campaign stop in a month in what has become the presidential campaign's most hotly contested state.
Mexico's new president Claudia Sheinbaum takes power this week, and her first test will be whether she continues her predecessor's marathon daily press conferences.
Austria's far-right Freedom Party must seek to clear a path to power after its first ever parliamentary election victory left the anti-establishment outfit needing a partner to form a governing coalition.
Business & Markets
Chinese stocks extended a blistering rally with those in the mainland headed for their best month in almost a decade, as Beijing rolled out further stimulus measures to arrest a slowdown in the broad economy.
BYD has informed the Chinese regulator it is recalling nearly 97,000 electric vehicles for a manufacturing fault involving a steering control unit that could lead to fire risks, the market regulator said.
Australian miner BHP expects the world to consume an extra 1 million metric tons of copper per year on average until 2035 due to the adoption of copper-intensive technologies, double the annual volume growth in the past 15 years.
Take-up for potentially life-changing gene therapies for sickle cell disease, which cost $2 million to $3 million in the US, is proving even slower than expected, interviews with half a dozen specialists and six sickle cell patients show.
Labour's move to tax private education leaves Britain divided
A student at Malvern St James Girls' School. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunket
Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced by Britain's new Labour government means his daughter's school fees could rise by 20%. So instead, he'll keep working.
The removal of a tax exemption for private schools from January is an important part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's drive to raise revenues for expenditure on ailing public services and to plug a hole in public finances. But it's a political gamble.
Giant panda 'Shin Shin' at the Ueno Zoological Garden in Tokyo. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Japan's beloved elderly giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri were safely returned to China, Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Garden reported on its website.
The two pandas arrived at the Ueno Zoo in 2011, bringing a little lightness to the country just months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11 of that year, and continued to draw fans of all ages over the years.
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U.N. speech:Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly that Israel is fighting for its life and defending itself against savage murderers. Several delegations at the General Assembly walked out as Netanyahu approached the lectern.
'Victory plan': Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump met in a closed-door session to discuss the plan. A U.S. official called it a repackaged request for more weapons and a go-ahead to use long-range missiles against Russia. Trump touted his ties with Zelenskiy as well as with Vladimir Putin. The U.S. Justice Department charged three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards with a hacking attack on the Trump campaign.
Chaos: Helene hit the Florida coast as a category-4 hurricane. The storm caused widespread destruction through Florida and Georgia and brought heavy flooding to the Carolinas. At least 43 people died, and more than 4 million homes and businesses lost power. Tropical Storm John may turn back into a hurricane and strike Mexico's Pacific coast for a second time.
There is a distant frigid planet orbiting a white-dwarf star that shows how our world could survive the death of the sun. What's the "news you can use" angle? If you happen to be around a billion years from now, you'll want to broaden your intergalactic real-estate portfolio.
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