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Asian traders cautious ahead of results, Alibaba lifts Hong Kong

Asian traders cautious ahead of results, Alibaba lifts Hong Kong

Markets fluctuated in Asia on Tuesday as traders nervously geared up for a slew of earnings from the world's biggest firms and an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

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Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty

Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty

Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka's largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving untreated and still in pain, and doctors prevented from even arriving for their shifts.

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Popp explodes for Germany after ending Euro woe

Popp explodes for Germany after ending Euro woe

Alexandra Popp seem destined never to play at a European Championship due to injury, but the veteran striker is now leading Germany's charge back to the top of the women's game at Euro 2022.

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Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage

Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage

Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a truck ramming and stabbing rampage in Tokyo's popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, the justice ministry said.

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Croatia opens bridge around Bosnia to get to Dubrovnik

Croatia opens bridge around Bosnia to get to Dubrovnik

Croatia opens Tuesday a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast including Dubrovnik with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.

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Macron arrives in Cameroon on first leg of west Africa trip

Macron arrives in Cameroon on first leg of west Africa trip

President Emmanuel Macron arrived late Monday in Cameroon at the start of a three-nation tour of western Africa as he seeks to reboot France's post-colonial relationship with the continent.

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Abuse survivor's ordeal sheds light on Malaysia 'unilateral conversions'

Abuse survivor's ordeal sheds light on Malaysia 'unilateral conversions'

Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with their children and converting them to Islam.

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'Overwhelming': Survivors reflect on pope's Indigenous abuse apology

'Overwhelming': Survivors reflect on pope's Indigenous abuse apology

Some seemed far away, others wept or applauded: a great wave of emotion swept through the crowd on Monday in western Canada's Maskwacis when the pope himself begged forgiveness for the "evil" done to Indigenous people.

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Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artifacts

Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artifacts

The Ecuadoran public prosecutor's office said Monday it is investigating former president Lenin Moreno over the disappearance of priceless artifacts from the presidential palace.

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UK PM rivals spar over tax, China in first head-to-head TV debate

UK PM rivals spar over tax, China in first head-to-head TV debate

Britain's two prime ministerial contenders clashed fiercely over tax, China and character on Monday night in their first head-to-head televised debate, as Rishi Sunak seeks to peg back the frontrunner Liz Truss.

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