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The Imperial Palace in central Tokyo is well-guarded, but several intruders have breached its moat before
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17.08.2024
Man arrested after swimming moat to enter Japan palace grounds
A pair of premium Japanese melons have sold for just a slice of the five million yen ($46,000) reached at auction last year
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17.08.2024
Melon-aires not required as Japan premium fruit prices plunge
At New Delhi airport, hundreds of people anxious to get home but apprehensive about the risks queued from before dawn
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17.08.2024
Confusion, jitters as Indian domestic flights resume
Called 'Tianwen', the Chinese mission will put a probe into orbit around Mars and land a rover to explore and analyse the planet's surface
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17.08.2024
China space programme targets July launch for Mars mission
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China's state media has seized on images of violence by Hong Kong protesters to justify a new security law
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China media seize on video of HK protesters beating lawyer
Wayne Keft, whose home was destroyed by the fires, says recovery has been 'slow and difficult' for many
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Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
Suriname's President Desi Bouterse remains confident his party will hold onto power in upcoming parliamentary elections
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Suriname votes with convicted-killer president's future at stake
There were fears packed Tokyo could become a hotbed for the virus
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Japan set to lift coronavirus emergency as cases slow
A prisoner swap for Paul Whelan (C) could involve Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, jailed in the United States on drug smuggling charges
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Moscow espionage trial of ex-US marine Whelan to wrap up
A masked man checks his phone in Qatar where residents and citizens have been required by law to install a coronavirus contact tracing app on their handsets since Friday
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Qatar virus tracing app stirs rare privacy backlash
An out-of-court settlement covering hundreds of thousands of cases and the closure of criminal proceedings already drew a line under the biggest domestic risks from "Dieselgate"
World 17.08.2024
Germany's top court to rule on compensation for VW diesel cheating
The health ministry recommends limiting the number of visitors to beaches, creating boundaries and spacing umbrellas four metres apart
World 17.08.2024
First Spanish beaches to reopen as lockdown eases
Brazilian indigenous leaders have protested against President Jair Bolsonaro over the corovavirus pandemic
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China says virus pushing US ties to brink of 'Cold War'
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