Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years old
Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
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Berhalter set to return as US coach - reports
Gregg Berhalter is set to be re-appointed as the head coach of the US national team, six months after he left the role, multiple US media reports said on Thursday.
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Sudan war death toll surges past 2,000 as fighting enters third month
Sudan's devastating war raged on into a third month Thursday as the reported death toll topped 2,000 and after a state governor was killed in the remote Darfur region.
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Vietnam's power crisis hits local firms, foreign investors
An intensely hot summer and unprecedented drought are straining energy supplies in northern Vietnam, prompting rolling blackouts and sudden power outages that have led to "uncountable" losses among local firms and foreign manufacturers.
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Seoul military salvages North Korea's space rocket wreckage
South Korea's military said Friday it had successfully retrieved a large chunk of a crashed North Korean space rocket from the sea bed after 15 days of complex salvage operations.
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Asian markets mostly up as traders eye China stimulus
Hopes China will unveil fresh measures to kickstart its ailing economy lifted most markets Friday, while the dollar struggled to bounce from losses fuelled by bets the Federal Reserve is near the end of its tightening cycle.
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Macron seeks to sway Saudi's MBS on Ukraine in Paris talks
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, seeking to nudge the de-facto leader of the oil-rich kingdom into more full-throated support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
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Top executive quits Nissan in new leadership turmoil
Nissan top executive Ashwani Gupta is leaving the company, the Japanese automaker said Friday, in a surprise departure that will revive concerns about the stability of the firm's leadership.
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Prince Harry and Meghan's deal with Spotify to end
The multi-million-dollar deal that a media group run by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle has had with streaming giant Spotify is ending by mutual agreement, the two parties said Thursday.
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Pause, hike, cut: Central banks diverge over regional challenges
In Washington they paused; in Frankfurt they hiked; and in Beijing, they cut.
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