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Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, is not known for progressive views on women's equality.
A staunch conservative, she takes over as Japan grapples with rising cost of living and mounting debt.
Asrani, who acted in more than 300 films over five decades, died this week at the age of 84.
People in the city burst crackers late into Monday night, defying a court order to use only 'green' fireworks.
The two countries will boost investments to expand mining and processing of critical minerals, amid dependency on China.
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Thousands of flamingos have flocked to the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district.
China's largest property developer Country Garden unveiled Forest City - a $100bn (£78.9bn) mega-project - in 2016. In Malaysia ...
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