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The debate on the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government continues on Wednesday.
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to lead the charge as critics accuse Mr. Modi's government of inaction in Manipur.
Ethnic clashes there have claimed at least 150 lives since May – and injured hundreds of others.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: Opposition parties...CUE: Unlike most big economies that are suffering from IN-flation,
China is now experiencing DE-flation.
Prices are falling. … and that is bad news for the Chinese economy.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong to explain why...
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The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for strict vigilance as typhoon Khanun continues to hit the country’s western regions.
The storm approached the large island of Kyushuu on Wednesday bringing more torrential rain and severe winds.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee [THE] Stallion in the feet during an argument .
Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was convicted last year on three felony counts related to the 2020 shooting.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Texas legislators visited the U.S. Mexico border region of Eagle Pass on Tuesday, to speak out against the state's Lone Star policy, that includes a barrier put in the middle of the Rio Grande river to block migrants.
People trying to cross over have died in the waterway including one person whose body was found caught in the barrier last week.
Caroline Malone reports.
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US stocks were down on Tuesday following weak China trade data.
Meanwhile, potential downgrades by credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service spooked markets.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Thousands of Americans remain without power after violent storms battered multiple states along the east coast of the US on Monday night.
Two people were killed and thousands of flights were disrupted across multiple cities.
Benji Hyer reports.
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The United States has accused Russia's Wagner mercenary group of 'taking advantage' of instability in Niger.
The West African country witnessed a coup on July 26, ousting the democratically elected president.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the BBC there are concerns the Russian group could 'manifest itself' in parts of the Sahel Region.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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More than 11,000 Los Angeles city employees are planning to walk off the job today [TUESDAY] as a labor dispute with the city intensifies.
The strike is the first of its kind in more than 40 years.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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West African leaders are scheduled to meet for a second time in Abuja to decide on the next step of action on Niger after the military junta defied their demands.
The leaders of the regional bloc, ECOWAS had issued a one week ultimatum to the coup plotters to reinstate president Bazoum or face possible military intervention.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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