Japan PM Abe's coalition on track to win solid majority in election: media

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track to win a solid majority in a July 21 upper house election, and his dream of revising the pacifist constitution could still be alive if enough allies also win, a survey showed on Saturday.

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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake recorded in Southern California: USGS

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 was recorded in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey and a European quake monitor said, a day after the strongest quake in the region in 25 years.

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New 6.9 quake hits Southern California – day after largest temblor in decades

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Emilio Lozoya: Former Mexican oil chief accused of corruption

The huge bribery scandal around Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht spreads further.

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Trump says immigration raids coming 'fairly soon'

President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.

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House panel chair asks watchdog for probe of Homeland Security leaders

The chairman of a U.S. House panel asked an internal watchdog on Friday to investigate whether top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. border service knew about a Facebook group where agents posted racist and misogynistic comments.

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Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave

The US state, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle, registers 90F (32C) in Anchorage.

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Oregon state senator faces hearing on 'heavily armed' comment

An Oregon state senator who was among Republican lawmakers who fled the Capitol last month to scuttle a vote on a bill to fight climate change faces a conduct hearing over remarks tinged with threats of violence about any efforts to force the senators to return.

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China says briefed by U.S. on latest Trump-Kim meeting

China has received a briefing from the United States on the latest meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, China's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, in a call between two senior diplomats.

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West Africa's eco: What difference would a single currency make?

Experts are divided on the impact of the new currency will have in the 15 regional countries.

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Trump says immigration raids starting 'fairly soon'

President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.

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Crossing Divides: Can Taliban and Afghan leaders share peace?

A year after Afghanistan's Eid ceasefire, do those who came together feel lasting peace is any closer?

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Is the American strip club dying out?

A once booming industry faces changing attitudes, tightening regulations and a rise in online pornography.

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Carola Rackete: How a ship captain took on Italy's Salvini

A stand-off in the Mediterranean was driven by two people at polar ends of the political spectrum.

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Coal baron Cline among 7 dead in Bahamas helicopter crash: media

Coal tycoon and self-made billionaire Christopher Cline was among seven people who died in a helicopter crash on Thursday in the Bahamas, the Register-Herald of West Virginia reported, citing friends of Cline.

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Enforcer of Philippine drug war defends police killing of toddler

A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines' war on drugs shrugged off the killing by police of a 3-year-old girl in a sting operation, saying on Thursday the world was not perfect and "shit happens".

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'Wolf of Wall Street' producer charged with 1MDB money laundering in Malaysia

Malaysia on Friday charged one of the "Wolf of Wall Street" film producers, and stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak, with money laundering, alleging he misappropriated $248 million linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

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Sudan crisis: Military and opposition agree transition deal

The ruling military council and an opposition alliance agree to a three-year transition to civilian rule.

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After brutal spring floods, U.S. farmers face big losses

DARKE COUNTY, Ohio (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The planting season ended more than a month ago, but much of 39-year-old Greg McGlinch’s 450-acre farm in Darke County, Ohio, is either under water or still saturated from record spring rains.

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Xinjiang: China, where are my children?

The BBC's John Sudworth meets Uighur parents in Turkey who say their children are missing in China.

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'I'll never be able to see their faces again'

Paul Njorogre says his family died due to Boeing's "negligence" when Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed

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Film producer stepson of Malaysian ex-PM charged with money laundering

Malaysia on Friday charged the Hollywood producer stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

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Sudan military council, opposition reach power-sharing agreement

Sudan's ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, setting off street celebrations by thousands of people.

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