A real gem: in Bahrain, only natural pearls will do
Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural -- the result of attempts to preserve a centuries-old industry.
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UK foreign secretary cuts New Zealand visit short over Sudan crisis
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Friday he had cut short a visit to New Zealand to return to London to address the spiralling conflict in Sudan.
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Asian markets track Wall St losses on rate, recession fears
Asian markets fell Friday on lingering recession worries as data indicated the US economy was slowing down, while Federal Reserve officials pressed their case for further interest rate hikes to battle stubborn inflation.
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Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch drops January 6 defamation case in Australia
Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped a high-profile defamation case against an Australian website that accused his family's conservative media empire of fuelling the 2021 US Capitol riots.
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From flags to tattoos, Naples turns blue as title fever grows
Napoli haven't won the title yet, but Naples is already in party mode.
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Wild win carries 76ers to 3-0 lead over Nets
The Philadelphia 76ers beat Brooklyn 102-97 on Thursday in a rugged clash that featured two ejections and a controversial kick from Joel Embiid and moved the Sixers one win away from a sweep of their NBA first-round playoff series.
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World leaders emboldened Sudan's warring generals: analysts
Two warring generals whose rivalry has plunged Sudan into bitter conflict were for years legitimised by an international community more focused on appeasement than on accountability, experts say.
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Military cooperation in spotlight as S. Korea's president heads to US
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol heads to Washington Monday, as the allies bolster military cooperation -- including with US regional partner Japan -- over North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons programme.
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Japan wants 'constructive, stable' ties with China: PM
Japan wants "constructive and stable" ties with China and calls on Beijing to behave "responsibly", the country's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in an interview Thursday.
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Ex-chair of Tokyo Olympics sponsor handed suspended jail sentence
The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended two-and-a-half-year prison sentence Friday, the first verdict in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the pandemic-postponed Games.
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