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The US Federal Reserve says it intends to bring down interest rates by the end of the year — but only once, quashing any expectations of much sharper cuts.
The country's central bank left borrowing costs on hold between 5.25%-5.5%, a 23-year high.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Nigeria has dismissed media reports indicating that Russia is allegedly recruiting Nigerian students in the country to team up with its troops against Ukraine.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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The World Health Organization has confirmed a case of human infection with bird flu in India.
The United Nations agency says that the infection caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Indian security forces are fighting militants in the Jammu and Kashmir region after another skirmish broke out on Wednesday.
This comes just days after terrorists attacked a bus full of pilgrims in the same region resulting in nine deaths.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data.
It comes as the country ranks 118th in a new World Economic Forum gender parity survey.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US Supreme court justice Samuel Alito has been recorded agreeing that America should return "to a place of godliness", just weeks after he came under fire for controversial flags that flew above his homes.
The secretly taped audio was captured by a liberal filmmaker posing as a religious conservative at a private event.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The Port of Baltimore shipping channel has fully reopened, more than two months after a collapsed bridge brought water traffic to a standstill.
In March, a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US state of Maryland - six construction workers were killed in the incident.
A clean-up effort has been underway since then, with thousands of tons of wreckage removed from the busy channel.
Sally Patterson has more.
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