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The UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, has defended his diplomatic trip to China amid criticism from MP's, including from within the governing Conservative Party.
The trip is the first to be made by a UK Foreign Secretary to China in more than five years.
Simon Gaitán reports.
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India says it has lodged a strong protest with China over a new map laying claim to its territory.
This follows reports that Beijing has released a new "standard map" showing the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin plateau as part of its territory.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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The Biden administration has released a list of 10 prescription medications that will be part of the first-ever price negotiations by the Medicare health system that covers most older Americans.
Pharmaceutical companies have challenged the legality of the scheme, which is part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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US citizen Paul Whelan, who is imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, has made a rare appearance in a video broadcast.
Whelan was arrested in 2018 in Moscow. The US government designated him as "wrongfully detained".
Sally Patterson has more.
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Rapper Eminem has told Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail.
It comes more than a week after the tech entrepreneur gave an impromptu performance of Eminem's hit "Lose Yourself" at the Iowa State Fair.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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KPMG has downgraded its growth forecast for Nigeria's economy in 2023 from 2.85 percent earlier projected to 2.65 percent.
The professional services firm said the revision is premised on various considerations including the impact of the recent removal of subsidy on petrol.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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Regional leaders from the Spanish football federation are demanding the immediate resignation of the organisation's President.
Luis Rubiales has been under mounting pressure to step down since kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during celebrations after the recent World Cup Final.
Our Southern Europe correspondent Giles Gibson has more.
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China's new 'Standard map' showing parts of Arunachal Pradesh (Uh-roo-nah-chal Pruh-desh) and Aksai Chin (Axe-eye Chin) as its own has raised concerns in India.
Delhi too claims both areas along the India-China border.
The development comes just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit New Delhi for the G20 summit.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: Indian opposition...CUE China’s already preparing for a typhoon that’s still hundreds of kilometres/miles away from its coast, just in case it becomes the fourth major storm to make landfall in six weeks.
Dozens of people have died in China, including the capital Beijing, during unusually heavy rain and flooding this summer.
Here’s Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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India is planning to launch its mission to study the sun later this week, the country's space agency says.
This comes after India last week became the first nation to land a spacecraft in the south pole region of the moon.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Japan is receiving the green light from Washington to purchase more than 100-million dollars of air to surface missiles.
Tokyo had requested to buy up to 50 of the weapons, following the procurement of more than 500 tomahawk missiles in a similar arrangement with the United States.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump will stand trial in early March on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.
It means the top Republican presidential candidate will be in court in Washington DC – seven months before the 2024 election.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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