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Long university strike takes toll on Nigerian students
For almost seven months, students in federal government-owned universities in Nigeria have been stuck at home, forced out of class by a protracted strike by staff. Nigeria, with 36 states and the federal capital territory Abuja, has scores of universities owned by local state governments or the private sector not affected by the shutdown as membership of ASUU is voluntary.
'A different Sweden': Gang shootings loom large in vote
Gang shootings have escalated and spread across Sweden in recent years, with authorities struggling to contain the war-like violence that now tops voters' concerns ahead of Sunday's general election. It has escalated to the point where Sweden -- one of the richest and most egalitarian countries in the world -- now tops the European rankings for fatal shootings.
Pakistan's brick workers need kilns reignited after floods
The brick kilns that dominate the small village of Aqilpur in Pakistan's Punjab province now lie abandoned, furnaces extinguished by weeks of torrential rain that have caused the worst floods in the country's history. When his home was destroyed in the torrential rains that preceded the flood, he sent them to a relative's house close to the village.
Japan to spend $12mn on ex-PM Abe's state funeral
Japan expects to spend around 1.7 billion yen ($12 million) on a state funeral for assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, the government said Tuesday, despite controversy over the plan. Security is expected to cost around 800 million yen, with another 600 million to be spent on hosting and 250 million for the ceremony, top government spokesman Hirozaku Matsuno said Tuesday.
Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'
The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday. Ukraine's state-run power company Energoatom said Monday that the last working reactor -- Power Unit No. 6 -- was disconnected from the grid because shelling had started a fire.
Rescuers scour for survivors after dozens killed in China quake
Rescuers scoured through rubble for hundreds of missing people in parts of southwestern China on Tuesday after an earthquake killed more than 60, as local weather services warned rain was set to inundate the area. In June, at least four people were killed and dozens more injured after two earthquakes in southwestern China.
Asian markets mixed as bargain-buying tempers fears over outlook
Asian investors struggled Tuesday to recover from the previous day's losses on growing fears over Europe's worsening energy crisis, China's economic slowdown and central bank efforts to contain surging inflation. However, while central banks are lifting borrowing costs to fight surging prices, they have little power over the cost of oil, a key driver of the rises.
Lula voters nostalgic for social gains in Brazil
Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's social programs helped lift tens of millions of people from poverty and chip away at deep-rooted inequality and discrimination in Brazil -- gains supporters hope will now resume. "He enabled millions of Brazilians to escape poverty.
Brazil's Bolsonaro still the 'Bibles, bullets and beef' candidate
Four years after President Jair Bolsonaro rode to victory on a groundswell of support from Brazil's "Bibles, bullets and beef" coalition, that powerful trio of groups is still the core of his base.
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