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US stocks closed higher on Friday following comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 clinched their first weekly gains after three weeks of losses.
Sally Patterson has more in New York.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has made his annual speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
He's warned the Fed may still need to increase interest rates to further slow inflation.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The World Health Organization is calling on governments to remain vigilant as variants of the Covid-19 virus continue to spread.
Several new strains are being monitored by the United Nations' health agency - and it says people should get vaccinated to stay safe.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Uganda has banned the importation of used clothes in a move to protect the local textile industry.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says the country has attracted large investments in textiles manufacturing and there is a need to ring-fence and support the blossoming textile sector.
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Nigeria's president and Chairman of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, Bola Tinubu, says he is keen on a peaceful resolution of the Nigerien crisis, but still open to exploring other options.
The bloc has maintained that it will use military force if diplomacy fails to reverse the coup that saw the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum in July.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China Xi Jinping discussed the two countries' border dispute on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa.
The brief meeting comes just days before President Xi is expected to arrive in New Delhi for the G20 summit.
India and China have been locked in a border standoff since 2020.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Beijing has banned all seafood from Japan in protest over the country’s release of treated water into the ocean.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo
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Maui county has filed a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric alleging that the utility company's power lines caused the deadly wildfires on the island earlier this month.
More than a hundred people were killed in the blazes.
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Donald Trump has turned himself in to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia to face charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election along with 18 co-defendants.
The former president, who remains the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination, was released after posting a $200,000 bail bond.
Correspondent Ira Spitzer explains what happens now.
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US markets were all down sharply on Thursday despite a boost from chipmaker Nvidia's earnings report.
The focus now turns to upcoming comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell at an event in Jackson Hall, Wyoming.
Ira Spitzer has more.
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The Supreme Court in the US state of South Carolina has upheld a near-total ban on abortion.
The court reversed a temporary block on abortion restrictions, banning most terminations except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy.
Several states have implemented strict laws since the overturning of Roe v Wade last year, ending the constitutional right to abortion.
Sally Patterson reports.
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The United Kingdom's Minister of State for the Armed Forces, James Heappey says the UK would support the regional bloc, ECOWAS, to ensure that constitutional order returns to Niger.
He spoke in Abuja after a meeting with Nigeria's top defence leaders, military chiefs and President of ECOWAS in Abuja.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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