'It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on
This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.
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Asian markets mixed ahead of key US inflation report
Markets were mixed Thursday as investors struggled to maintain momentum from Wall Street's rally, even after fresh data reinforced optimism the Federal Reserve will be able to hold off any more interest rate hikes this year.
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'Bigger than basketball': South Sudan win hearts, minds at World Cup
South Sudan has lurched from one crisis to another since winning independence in 2011, but the country's basketball team are determined to "change the narrative" on the world stage.
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Blow for Messi, Miami MLS playoff hopes as Cincinnati clinch
FC Cincinnati led the way into the Major League Soccer playoffs on Wednesday as the slim post-season hopes of Lionel Messi's Inter Miami took a hit with a goalless draw against Nashville.
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Mexico opposition picks businesswoman Galvez as presidential candidate
Mexico's opposition coalition on Wednesday named Xochitl Galvez, an outspoken senator with Indigenous roots who hopes to be the country's first woman president, as its candidate for next year's election.
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In Sudan's east, murky arms trade thrives as war rages
More than four months into Sudan's devastating war, arms dealers are struggling to keep up with demand for a trade that is booming, at a deadly cost.
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Zhang makes history to send Ruud crashing out of US Open
Zhang Zhizhen sent fifth seed Casper Ruud crashing out of the US Open on Wednesday, creating tennis history by becoming the first man from China to beat a top-five player.
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Holders Man City and rivals set for Champions League draw
Holders Manchester City and the cream of European football will learn their Champions League fate for this season when the draw for the group stage takes place in Monaco on Thursday from 1600 GMT.
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Russia vetoes UN resolution on Mali sanctions
Russia on Wednesday vetoed an attempt to keep inside military-run Mali a team of UN experts who had charged that foreign forces -- a veiled reference to Moscow-linked Wagner mercenaries -- were involved in widespread abuses.
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Gabon coup leaders make general transitional president
Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power on Wednesday following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, had been declared winner.
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