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Nigeria led other African members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in failing to meet their crude oil production quota for July.
This is according to S&P Global report.
The country's OPEC quota for July was 1.7 million barrels per day.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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Japan's population is shrinking at a record pace.
There are 700,000 fewer citizens in the country than a year ago.
Thisanka Siripala reports from Tokyo.
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Hong Kong’s population has dropped by a record as people continue to flee strict Covid-19 rules, and take advantage of citizenship schemes offered in response to the city’s political changes.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Police in the US state of Ohio have shot and killed a man accused of trying to breach an FBI field office.
It comes just days after FBI agents raided former US president Donald Trump's Mar a Lago estate.
Ira Spitzer reports
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed some of its COVID-19 recommendations such as social distancing and quarantining.
The agency cited high levels of immunity in the population due to vaccines and previous infections.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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The US Attorney General Marrick Garland has admitted he authorised the decision to seek a warrant for the FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
Investigators visited the former President's property in Florida to look for sensitive and classified national security documents they believed were being secretly held there.
This is the first time that the Attorney General has publicly addressed the unprecedented raid since it happened on Monday.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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Latvia and Estonia have announced they are quitting a diplomatic forum for cooperation between China and a number of Central and Eastern European nations.
The move means all three Baltic states have now formally exited the multilateral framework, formerly known as "17+1" and set up by Beijing in 2012.
Rosie Birchard reports.
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New climate change studies published in journal Nature show the damaging effects of global warming in the Arctic and Antarctic are much worse than previously thought.
Antarctic ice sheets are melting faster than predicted, which could lead to sea levels rising up to five meters, and parts of the Arctic are warming more than other areas.
U.S. Correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
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As the energy crisis across Europe intensifies, the continent has a new top energy exporter. As traditional energy producers are struggling to keep up with demand, others, like Sweden, are still in an energy surplus
Alex Cadier reports from Brussels
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At least six police officers have been killed in anti-government protests in northern and western Sierra Leone on Wednesday, according to officials.
The government has imposed a curfew to calm the tension in the country.
Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports..
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