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Indian officials say that the country has carried out its biggest ever drugs bust.
The Indian navy seized more than 3,000 kilograms of drugs including cannabis off the coast of the country.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai
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New data shows Japan’s depopulation crisis is worsening.
Government statistics show new births in 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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The godson of Run-DMC star Jason Mizell has been convicted of his murder in New York City, more than 20 years after the rap star's death.
Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, was fatally shot in 2002 in his music studio.
He's credited with helping hip-hop break into the pop music mainstream in the 1980s - with hits including 'It's Tricky' and 'Walk This Way.'
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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The first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years is about to lose power.
Odysseus is just hours away from running out of battery due to a botched landing, cutting short its lunar mission by as many as five days.
The probe's Texas-based company, Intuitive Machines, saw its shares collapse on Tuesday after announcing the news.
From the southern US state, Benji Hyer reports.
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A Conservative Lawmaker has apologised for claiming parts of UK cities are "no-go" areas, amid an escalating row over 'Islamophobia' within the governing Conservative Party.
Paul Scully made the comments, following the suspension of another Conservative MP, Lee Anderson, for statements that have been branded "Anti-Muslim".
Simon Gaitán reports.
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http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0227-ConservativeIslamophobiaRow.mp3US President Joe Biden has refused to confirm whether he will be endorsed by Taylor Swift.
The President made the comments during a rare media appearance with comic Seth Meyers, in a bid to reach new voters ahead of this year's presidential elections.
Appearing on NBC's "Late Night" TV talk show, President Biden made light of a conspiracy theory linking him to the singer-songwriter.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Nigeria has approved the immediate resumption of cash transfers to 12 million vulnerable households amid a cost-of-living crisis and calls by labour unions to cushion hardship caused by reforms.
The government had suspended the cash payments in January over allegations of funds mismanagement by the Head of the agency in charge of the program.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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India continues to experience fires in residential and commercial buildings that are all too frequent, with overpopulated slum areas being particularly vulnerable
The country's financial hub of Mumbai, which is heavily overcrowded, has suffered a series of fires recently. This has led to mounting pressure on state authorities from the Bombay High Court and residents for fire safety regulations to be more strictly enforced.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from a slum in Mumbai where homes were recently destroyed in a massive fire.
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Nurses in South Korea are being given legal protection to perform some medical procedures to try and ease a crisis caused by a walkout of trainee doctors.
More than two-thirds of the country's resident and intern doctors have left their posts to protest the government's plans to increase quotas of trainees to cope with a shortage of doctors.
The government is warning of legal action against those who don't get back to work by the end of the month.
Patrick Fok reports.
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