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Pakistan's brick workers need kilns reignited after floods
Pakistan's brick workers need kilns reignited after floods
by  AFP

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 to spend $12mn on ex-PM Abe's state funeral
by  AFP

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'
Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'
by  AFP

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.

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