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Drone footage shows vast amounts of pumice pebbles, spewed out months ago by an undersea volcano, clogging up a fishing port in Kagoshima prefecture, in southern Japan
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Polls show the LDP may struggle to hold on to its sole majority in the 465-seat chamber
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Dozens of fishing vessels and ports have been damaged, with tonnes of the floating pebbles being removed from coastlines every day
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Physicist hailed as the father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry who confessed to smuggling nuclear secrets
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Fears rise of a resurgence in the spread of coronavirus despite daily cases reaching their lowest for months
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Country’s interior minister says supporters of outlawed party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan opened fire at rally near Lahore
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Ousted leader faces multiple criminal charges that supporters say are contrived to discredit her and legitimise the military
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After years of criticism of their relationship that has left Mako struggling with her mental health, the couple announced at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday that they had wed.
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The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand has been suffering the heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years
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A volcano blasted ash two miles into the sky after erupting on Japan's southern island of Kyushu on Wednesday
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A bride and groom use an aluminium vessel to reach a partially flooded temple in the village of Thalavady. 'It has turned into a wedding that we never imagined,' the bride told local news channel Asianet
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Social media footage shows floodwaters sweeping a house away in Kerala after heavy rains that began to intensify on Friday
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As global leaders keep a close eye on worsening Taiwan-China relations, Guardian correspondent Helen Davidson explains why and how tensions could escalate into war
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