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Japan’s households spent more for the fifth consecutive month on a rebound in tourism after Covid restrictions were lifted.
This comes even as real wages fell sharply… suggesting it’s not such a bright outlook for the world’s third-largest economy.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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The US Supreme Court has heard arguments over whether a web designer can refuse to create to content for same sex weddings.
The conservative-majority court appeared open to supporting the designer's argument on free speech grounds, despite violating anti-discrimination laws.
Ira Spitzer has more
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Business activity in the 19 countries which use the euro currency contracted for a fifth consecutive month in November, according to a survey released on Monday.
S&P Global's composite purchasing managers' index also showed European business confidence levels improved slightly after a 28-month low in September.
Rosie Birchard has more from Brussels.
Democratic senator Raphael Warnock appears to have a narrow lead against Republican challenger Herschel Walker in the final battle of the US midterm elections.
A CNN poll shows 52% of likely voters say they plan to support Warnock in Tuesday's runoff election with 48% picking Walker.
Although Democrats already have enough seats to hold control of the Senate - every race has major implications in a country as politically divided as the US, as Kate Fisher reports
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Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police has ordered the deployment of armed personnel along Abuja-Kaduna route, as train services on that route resumes.
Train operations have been suspended in the last eight months by the Nigeria Railway Corporation, following a Boko haram attack on a Kaduna-bound train in March, that left at least eight people dead and dozens kidnapped.
According to the NRC, services will begin with two train rides from Abuja to Kaduna and vice versa.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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The largest ever trial of its kind gets underway in Belgium today, over the 2016 terrorist attacks which claimed 32 lives and injured hundreds more in the capital, Brussels.
The landmark case involves ten defendants suspected of carrying out bombings across the city.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
The new survey shows that the controversial religious group also had wide reaching influence amongst regional politicians.
The majority of affiliated assembly members belong to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party putting further pressure on the Kishida government.
Nora Weinek reports from Tokyo.
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China is relaxing its strict COVID-19 policies and taking steps to reopen the economy. The country’s health authorities say that’s a response to the virus becoming less dangerous and vaccination rates increasing. But it’s also being seen as a concession to mounting public protests against the rules.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The G7 and Australia have agreed to put a price cap on Russian seaborne oil, in a bid to limit the amount of money Moscow can feed into its war efforts against Ukraine.
It comes as the grinding war of attrition is now into its 10th month, amid renewed calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table and end the offensive against his neighbour.
Sarah Coates has more from Kyiv.
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