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Rapper Eminem has told Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail.
It comes more than a week after the tech entrepreneur gave an impromptu performance of Eminem's hit "Lose Yourself" at the Iowa State Fair.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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KPMG has downgraded its growth forecast for Nigeria's economy in 2023 from 2.85 percent earlier projected to 2.65 percent.
The professional services firm said the revision is premised on various considerations including the impact of the recent removal of subsidy on petrol.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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Regional leaders from the Spanish football federation are demanding the immediate resignation of the organisation's President.
Luis Rubiales has been under mounting pressure to step down since kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during celebrations after the recent World Cup Final.
Our Southern Europe correspondent Giles Gibson has more.
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China's new 'Standard map' showing parts of Arunachal Pradesh (Uh-roo-nah-chal Pruh-desh) and Aksai Chin (Axe-eye Chin) as its own has raised concerns in India.
Delhi too claims both areas along the India-China border.
The development comes just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit New Delhi for the G20 summit.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Dozens of people have died in China, including the capital Beijing, during unusually heavy rain and flooding this summer.
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India is planning to launch its mission to study the sun later this week, the country's space agency says.
This comes after India last week became the first nation to land a spacecraft in the south pole region of the moon.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Japan is receiving the green light from Washington to purchase more than 100-million dollars of air to surface missiles.
Tokyo had requested to buy up to 50 of the weapons, following the procurement of more than 500 tomahawk missiles in a similar arrangement with the United States.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump will stand trial in early March on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.
It means the top Republican presidential candidate will be in court in Washington DC – seven months before the 2024 election.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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Simone Biles has become the first US gymnast to win eight national titles, as her comeback continues.
The 26 year old is returning from a 2 year mental health break following the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Former US President Donald Trump will go on trial next March on charges of trying to overturn the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election in America.
A federal judge in Washington has rejected efforts by Trump lawyers to delay the trial until 2026.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A federal hate crime investigation is underway in the United States after a white man shot three black people in Florida.
Ryan Christopher Palmeter opened fire at a Dollar General store in the city of Jacksonville on Saturday.
The shooting has been described as racially motivated.
Sally Patterson has more.
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West Africa's regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS has demanded a shorter transition period from military rule to democracy in the Republic of Niger.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Haryana (Hur-yaa-naa) state, which borders India's capital New Delhi is on high alert after Hindu groups said they will carry out a precession in the religiously sensitive district of Nuh on Monday.
Violence in Nuh had led to 6 deaths in July when a similar procession was attacked by a mob.
Ishan Garg has the latest from New Delhi.
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China has placed a blanket ban on all seafood from Japan in response to the discharge which it calls selfish and harmful.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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