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Japan's GDP expands in Q2 after Covid curbs lifted
Japan's economy expanded in the three months to June, official data showed Monday, after the government lifted Covid-19 curbs on businesses. "After the government lifted a quasi-state of emergency in late March, consumption of services showed a relatively strong rebound, while capital investment returned to growth," BNP Paribas said in a note issued before the GDP data.
Three dead, dozens injured in explosion at Armenian market
An explosion that set off a fire at a market in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday killed three people and injured dozens of others, officials announced. "After preliminary data, an explosion happened which set off a fire," said the emergency situations ministry in a statement, giving a toll of three dead and around 40 people hospitalised.
Israeli strikes on Syria kills three soldiers: state media
Israeli air strikes on Syria killed three soldiers and wounded three others on Friday, state media said, after the latest such incident in the war-torn country. On Friday, Israeli shelling wounded two civilians in southern Syria near the occupied Golan Heights, according to state media.
I.Coast troops held in Mali charged
Dozens of Ivorian soldiers held in Mali and accused of being mercenaries have been charged with attempting to harm state security and remanded in custody, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday. A Malian judicial source said a Bamako prosecutor charged the soldiers on Friday with an attempt to undermine state security.
Iraq judiciary dismisses Sadr's demand to dissolve parliament
Iraq's judiciary said Sunday it lacks the authority to dissolve parliament as demanded by populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who is engaged in an escalating standoff with political rivals. Followers of Sadr, in defiance of his Shiite rivals of the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, have been staging a sit-in protest at Iraq's parliament.
'Bullet Train' locked and loaded atop N.America box office
Sony's "Bullet Train" held the top spot for the second week running in the North American box office, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations estimated Sunday during a relatively flat mid-August period of moviegoing.
Iran's top automaker sets sights on Russian market
Iran's leading automaker is seeking to prioritise exports to Russia, its CEO said Sunday, as both countries reel under Western economic sanctions. The two countries have responded to the sanctions by boosting cooperation in key areas to help prop up their economies.
Rain brings relief to France fires, but more evacuated in south
A forest fire that flared anew in southern France sent 1,000 more people fleeing while overnight rain brought blazes elsewhere in the country under control, officials said on Sunday. Meanwhile in the southwestern Gironde region around Bordeaux, a huge fire that had flared on Tuesday was under control after rain fell overnight, a senior official said.
Five die in Ecuador blast officials blame on crime gangs
Five people died and 16 were injured in an explosion Sunday in the Ecuadoran port city of Guayaquil in an attack the government blamed on organized crime, officials said. Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said "organized-crime mercenaries," long involved in illicit drug traffic, were "now attacking with explosives."
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