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The US Supreme Court has struck down President Joe Biden's student loan plan, a major setback in his bid to forgive billions of dollars in debt for tens of millions of borrowers.
In a 6-3 ruling on Friday, justices rejected his programme, just minutes after another landmark judgement relating to free speech and LGBTQ rights.
From Washington DC, Benji Hyer reports.
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India's HDFC Bank's merger with its sister entity will result in the world's fourth-largest lender by market capitalization.
After the merger which is due to be completed over the weekend, it will rank behind the likes of JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America – but will still boast a 120 million strong customer base.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The resulting banking...CUE: Foreign businesses and investors are wary of tougher Chinese laws on national security and espionage that come into effect at midnight in Beijing on Friday.
They worry that some activities, such as doing market or investment research, which can already be difficult, could become even more risky.
Andrew Wood reports from Hong Kong
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Japan is urging North Korea to join talks to resolve the issue of past abductions of Japanese nationals.
At least 17 people were taken by Pyongyang in a string of abductions in the 1970s and 1980s.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo
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President Joe Biden says he "strongly disagrees" with the US Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn university affirmative action programmes.
The country's highest court — which he branded as "not normal" — ruled on Thursday to upend decades of positive discrimination policies in college applications that were designed to promote diversity.
Our US Correspondent Benji Hyer reports.
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Interest rates in Sweden have reached their highest level in nearly 15 years, after the central bank raised key rates again.
There are now warnings that more rises are likely, as Sweden joins many other European countries in trying to battle inflation.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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Rights Organizations have welcomed the ruling by a UK court stopping the relocation of migrants to Rwanda.
Last year Britain struck a deal with Rwanda to send thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores to the East African country.
Isabel Nakirya reports.
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The Nigerian government has warned against slaughtering sick animals to avoid the outbreak of anthrax virus in the country.
Anthrax is a severe bacterial disease that affects both humans and animals.
Health officials say the country is at high risk of importing the disease from Ghana, where it was confirmed both in humans and animals since 1 June.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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CUE: Taiwan says two Chinese military aircraft entered its self-declared air defence identification zone early on Thursday morning.
Taiwan’s defence forces scrambled planes, sent ships, and used missile systems to track a total of fourteen Chinese warplanes and four naval vessels spotted in international waters to the southwest of the island.
Andrew Wood reports from Hong Kong
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Senior opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will interact with the victims of violence in India's northeastern state Manipur during his two-day visit.
This marks the first visit by any opposition party leader since ethnic clashes broke out nearly two months ago.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: A senior leader...CUE: The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is hopeful that Beijing will give “practical cooperation” over the export of legal Chinese ingredients to make the addictive painkiller, fentanyl, because criminals are looking for fresh markets for the drug beyond the United States.
Mr Blinken went to Beijing last week to meet Chinese leaders – a trip that had been postponed from February because of diplomatic rows over Chinese spy balloon flying across America
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Japan is reportedly planning to begin exporting high-tech fighter jets.
Ruling parties have been mulling ways to begin the international sale of weaponry despite regulatory obstacles.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Fossil fuel projects worth more than 18 billion dollars have been approved by the Norwegian government.
The announcement has been met with a furious response from climate activists, who accuse the administration of putting profits before the planet.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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US President Joe Biden is seeking to re-introduce his vision of middle-class American prosperity in a major speech in Chicago.
His plan — branded by the White House as 'Bidenomics' — is aimed, the administration says, at rebuilding the economy "from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down."
Our US Correspondent Benji Hyer reports.
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The Federal Reserve will release the results of its annual 'stress tests' for US banks later today. [WEDNESDAY]
The tests come on the heels of the collapse of three regional lenders earlier this year.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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CUE: Millions of South Koreans woke up this morning (Wednesday) to find themselves one or two years younger.
The country has abandoned a traditional system dating back centuries for giving people’s ages, to fall in line with the rest of the world.
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Reports say Indian drug maker Marion Biotech used industrial-grade chemicals instead of pharmaceutical-grade materials in its cough syrup that's been linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan.
Indian officials are currently investigating Marion, which has denied any wrongdoing.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Nigeria would need to invest $34.5 billion to provide electricity access by 2030. That's according to a report by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Association-Alliance.
The country has struggled to meet the electricity needs of its population of over 200 million for decades averaging a distribution of 4,000 megawatts per day.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja
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Google is reportedly asking India's Supreme Court to quash directives against it after it was fined by the country's competition watchdog, which accused the US tech giant of abuse of the Android market.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai
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CUE: One of President Joe Biden’s senior national security officials thinks that Chinese leaders have been rattled by a mutiny in Russia by mercenaries of the Wagner private army, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The rebellion fizzled out on Saturday when Wagner troops stopped their advance on Moscow about one-hundred and twenty-five miles (two hundred kilometres) short of the capital.
Here’s Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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The suspect accused of killing five people and injuring nineteen others at a Colorado nightclub last year has pleaded guilty.
Anderson Aldrich will spend the rest of his life in prison over the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub.
Ira Spitzer has more.
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