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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pulled five women on stage to give him a kiss on the cheek at the end of an event in Tokyo, while his wife sat in the audience. The 74-year-old president was visiting the Filipino community in Japan when the slightly awkward exchanges happened. Over 10 million Philippine citizens work overseas, sending billions in wages home which make up around 10 percent of the country’s GDP.
A child was struck by a baseball during a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros in Houston, Texas. Cubs player Albert Almora Jr hit a foul ball which reached the crowds in the stands. Immediately after, the child was seen being picked and taken away by people who were with her, as teammates and stadium staff consoled Almora. The girl was taken to hospital, but her condition is not known.
A marathon Scripps National Spelling Bee resulted in a lot of champions.
The victim, Iderval da Silva, died after suffering a head injury.
Talks between the US president and Kim Jong Un abruptly collapsed in Hanoi earlier this year.
Nicola Benyahia’s son Rasheed was radicalised and went to fight for Islamic State. Rasheed died in combat in Syria and Nicola now works with families in Birmingham and across the UK to stop others suffering the same fate as her family and working on the signs to stop people from becoming radicalised.
'Shamima Begum Was Groomed In The UK': Lawyer Blasts Home Secretary For Stripping Teen's Citizenship
“Ms Begum was a pawn to your vanity," Mohammed Akunjee wrote in a letter.
Teodoro Locsin, the foreign secretary, bid farewell to the waste on Twitter.
Donations are the most popular mechanism for far-right extremist fundraising, research finds.