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  3. Japan says hosting record number of foreigners

    Data showed 4.28 million foreigners staying in Japan as of the end of June, excluding short-term visitors, the Immigration Services Agency said on Friday. That marks an increase of 156,000 people from the end of last year, and accounts for roughly 3.5 percent of Japan's total population, according…

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  4. Tiny Fiji village restores dying fishery with coral planting

    Manoa Duwai convinced his village in 2009 to create a protected area within their customary fishing grounds on Fiji's Coral Coast after concerns over the small number and size of fish he was catching. At the time, he was lucky to catch a fish as big as his palm.

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  5. 'Two bad options': Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand

    Finance ministers, central bank governors and other top policymakers gathered this week in the Thai capital for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, as decision-makers tackle an inflation crisis fuelled by the US war on Iran and other economic shocks.

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  6. North Korea says tested AI-assisted torpedo system

    The announcement came days after Pyongyang said it had test-fired two types of cruise missiles from a submarine after weeks of friction with Seoul over a landmine explosion along their border.

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  9. Did Chinese cars squeal on Norway's military?

    During a security exercise at Oslo airport on September 14-18, waiting soldiers tapping on their vehicle's screen discovered videos recorded by the onboard cameras, the Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) newspaper revealed.

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  10. 'We've never had this': Bear sightings spook Russia

    She was not expecting to find a bear cub, perched on a branch, several feet up. "We stopped, without turning off the engine or taking off the gear, because we knew the mother could be somewhere nearby," Tyurneva told AFP, showing a phone video she recorded of the bear.

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  11. Guardians-Rays MLB playoff game postponed until Saturday

    The storms soaked the Guardians' Progressive Field, where officials initially announced a delay to Friday's scheduled start time. But as showers continued, grounds crew were unable to ready the field for the game.

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  14. Injured Jordie Barrett out of second Bledisloe Cup Test

    The veteran centre is struggling with a tight calf and has been replaced by Timoci Tavatavanawai who will play only his third Test. Chay Fihaki comes onto the bench to potentially make his debut.

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  20. Figueroa loses title at weigh-in but Kameda can win it

    The fight will be contested as scheduled in Las Vegas with Kameda able to take the crown with a victory and the title remaining vacant if Figueora wins. Figueroa, a former super bantamweight world champion, enters the fight 27-2 with one drawn and 20 knockouts while Kameda is 42-5 with 23…

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  21. Macron calls for calm amid fears of violence at France protests

    With the rallies promising a fraught six month run-in to the country's presidential election, Paris authorities banned protests in the heart of the capital. The country's Yellow Vest movement, which eight years ago staged street protests against Macron's government, called Saturday's "yellow and…

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