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Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for liftoff in China after Covid delay
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors -- more than the Olympics -- will open on Saturday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year's delay because of Covid.
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French far right says Russian loan repaid
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» PARIS - France's far-right National Rally (RN) party said it has repaid a loan originally from a Czech-Russian bank that political opponents argued demonstrated its ties to the Kremlin.
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Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch hands empire to son Lachlan
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan.
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Rupert Murdoch, global media mogul and conservative kingmaker
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch transformed media and politics on three continents, building a chain of newspapers he inherited from his father at just 21 into a lucrative and profoundly influential right-leaning empire.
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French Catholic Church in decline as Pope visits
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» MARSEILLE - Tens of thousands of Catholics are expected in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille for Pope Francis's two-day visit, but the once dominant faith is in a long decline in France.
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Pope set to draw Marseille crowds after pro-migrant plea
AFP, Published on 23/09/2023
» MARSEILLE - Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Pope Francis process through the streets and celebrate mass in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille Saturday, where the pontiff has waded into an inflamed European debate about accepting migrants.
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US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» DOHA - Arch-foes the United States and Iran each released five detainees on Monday in a prisoner swap deal that also gives Tehran access to $6 billion in long-frozen oil funds.
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Five Americans freed by Iran arrive in US
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Five Americans freed by Iran in a high-stakes prisoner swap landed back in the United States on Tuesday to a joyous reunion with family members.
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US Attorney General denies political influence
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Merrick Garland strongly denied Wednesday that politics steered his investigative decisions, pushing back on Republican allegations that he has "weaponised" the Justice Department against President Joe Biden's top rival Donald Trump.
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Politically divided Chile marks 50-year coup anniversary
AFP, Published on 11/09/2023
» SANTIAGO - A day after violence and arson marred a memorial march, Chile marked 50 years since the coup d'etat that brought Augusto Pinochet to power with events Monday honoring the dictatorship's thousands of victims.
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