More than 80% of Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa
More than 80 percent of Pacific nation Tuvalu's population is seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas lap at its shores, official figures showed Wednesday.
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South Korea sees record birth rate growth for Jan-May
South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told AFP on Wednesday.
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'Garden of Eden': Albania eyes up growing exotic fruit for Europe
Passion fruit, guava, dragon fruit or kiwano -- climate change is sparking Albanian farmers to start growing exotic fruits to sell to Europe.
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Trump announces 'massive' Japan trade deal
Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, marking a key breakthrough for major US trade partners as they scramble to strike agreements before the end of the month.
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Japan PM plans to resign after election debacle: local media
Having done a trade deal with US President Donald Trump, Japan's prime minister will soon announce his resignation, reports said Wednesday, after his latest election debacle left his coalition without a majority now in both houses of parliament.
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Russell's sparkling farewell in vain as Australia sprint to T20 win
Andre Russell struck a sparkling 36 off 15 balls in his final innings before retirement on Tuesday but could not save the West Indies from losing the second Twenty20 international against Australia in Kingston.
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Canada swim star McIntosh primed to take worlds by storm
Three world records in five days put Summer McIntosh in rare company and now the 18-year-old Canadian swimming sensation is primed to take the world championships by storm.
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Macron-Merz to hold talks on NATO and EU-US trade row
French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss NATO security, the US-EU trade row and other key issues.
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Trump a boon for deep-sea mining: industry boss
A leading deep-sea mining company in the paradisal Cook Islands is aiming to start commercial production by 2030, spurred on by Donald Trump's recent backing for the much-maligned industry.
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Pacific nation ponders taking asylum seekers from US
The United States is looking to send asylum seekers to the sparsely populated volcanic isles of Palau, the small South Pacific nation said Wednesday.
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