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Uganda's government is looking to China to secure credit for its credit for its crude oil pipeline. Uganda needs about 5 billion US dollars for the pipeline that will run from the western part of the country to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. Leon Solomon reports
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CUE: Beijing says it is an “enormous lie” to allege that it forces people from ethnic minorities in the west of China to work against their will. The comments came after Washington restricted imports from three Chinese companies that it said used such forced labour.
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North Korea is criticizing Japan over the release of contaminated, treated, nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
It comes after China placed a total ban on all Japanese seafood after Tokyo began discharging water used to cool the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant last month.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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India's foreign minister says that India is open to looking into any "specific" information that Canada could provide related to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.
A diplomatic row has erupted between New Delhi and Ottawa after prime minister Justin Trudeau last week said there was credible intelligence potentially linking India to the murder.
Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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Members of U.S. Congress have put forward a short-term spending proposal to try and avoid a government shutdown.
Late on Tuesday, Senators voted on what's called a 'continuing resolution' which they could send to the House later this week, to vote on before a September 30th deadline.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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Caroline Malone in Washington
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US stocks tumbled on Tuesday after fresh economic data sparked fears about the health of the economy.
Some market watchers warn the Federal Reserve could hike rates once again.
Sally Patterson reports.
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The Federal Trade Commission and seventeen US states have filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of monopolistic business practices.
The online retail giant is the latest big tech firm to face allegations of violating antitrust laws.
Ira Spitzer reports
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The Moscow Appeals Court rejected the appeal by the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny against conviction on extremism charges that added 19 more years to his current jail term. One of President Putin's most vocal critics, Navalny had dismissed accusations as groundless and designed to silence his criticism of the brutal regime. Since Navalny's arrest and imprisonment 2021 after a failed poisoning, which he blamed on the Kremlin, his political movement has been declared "extremist" and, in effect, eliminated. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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A former White House aid has accused Donald Trump's team of burning documents to try and cover up his 2020 election loss.
In a new book released on Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson added new details about the final days in the former US president's office.
Hutchinson has previously delivered damning testimony in Congress about events that unfolded on January 6, 2021.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Joe Biden will/has become the first sitting US president to join a picket line, turning up in Michigan on Tuesday to show solidarity with auto-workers on strike for the 12th day running.
Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers union are taking part in unprecedented industrial action against America's three biggest carmakers -- Ford, General Motors and Stellantis -- walking out from some of their plants across the country in an escalating dispute over pay.
Mr Biden's appearance comes a day before his potential election rival, former President Donald Trump, was expected to visit the state himself.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Authorities in Nigeria's Federal University of Gusua, Zamfara State say sixteen students and workers have been freed after they were kidnapped by gunmen last week.
The gunmen attacked the school in Northwest Nigeria reportedly abducting over twenty four students - mostly females.
Ajeck Mangut reports.
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