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Ariana Grande wins top MTV Video Music Award

Ariana Grande wins top MTV Video Music Award

Ariana Grande won the MTV Video Music Awards' top honor on Sunday, taking home Video of the Year for "Brighter Days Ahead", which also claimed Best Pop Song at the ceremony near New York City.

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'Last generation': Greek island's fading pistachio tradition

'Last generation': Greek island's fading pistachio tradition

Four farmhands whacked a pistachio tree with sticks, and ripe nuts rained down onto tarps. The bounty seemed plentiful but the crew was unimpressed.

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China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit

China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit

Pacific Islands leaders are meeting in the Solomons this week for an influential summit clouded by differences over China's mounting influence in the region that risks scuppering regional cooperation.

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Sweden's Sami fear for future amid rare earth mining plans

Sweden's Sami fear for future amid rare earth mining plans

Sweden's indigenous Sami fear they will lose their livelihood and culture if plans go ahead to mine a large rare earths deposit located on their traditional reindeer grazing grounds in the far north.

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'Trump Whisperer' ex-minister joins Japan PM race

'Trump Whisperer' ex-minister joins Japan PM race

A former top diplomat dubbed the "Trump Whisperer" was the first candidate Monday to join the race to be Japan's next leader, a day after premier Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation.

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Bills rally to stun Ravens, Stafford hits milestone in Rams win

Bills rally to stun Ravens, Stafford hits milestone in Rams win

The Buffalo Bills erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to grab a scintillating 41-40 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in a heavyweight slugfest on the opening Sunday of the NFL season.

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ICC to hear war crimes charges against fugitive warlord Kony

ICC to hear war crimes charges against fugitive warlord Kony

The International Criminal Court will from Tuesday hear war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, accused of spearheading a brutal reign of terror that killed tens of thousands.

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Trump warns foreign companies after S.Korean workers detained

Trump warns foreign companies after S.Korean workers detained

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned foreign companies to obey US law after immigration officials arrested some 475 individuals including South Korean workers at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia.

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Asian shares rise as Japan politics weigh on yen

Asian shares rise as Japan politics weigh on yen

Asian markets rose on Monday, with Tokyo up nearly two percent after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to resign pushed down the value of the yen.

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Norway votes in election influenced by wars and tariff threats

Norway votes in election influenced by wars and tariff threats

Norway votes on Monday in a closely fought election in which geopolitical issues including US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and the war in Ukraine could give a boost to the government.

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