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\nPrime Minister Shinzo Abe has died from his injuries after being shot in the
\nstreet by a former member of the Japanese defense forces, the Japanese public
\nbroadcaster NHK reports. Abe, 67, was delivering a campaign speech near a train
\nstation in the western Japanese city of Nara when he was the target of an armed
\nattack. Armed violence is extremely rare in Japan, where firearms are banned.
\nShinzo Abe was the longest-serving Japanese prime minister in history. He led
\nthe Japanese executive from 2006 to 2007 and then from 2012-2020. He resigned
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\nministers of the world’s largest economies have gathered in a closed-door G20
\nmeeting, overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine. The meeting, held on the
\nIndonesian island of Bali, has brought together Moscow and its harshest
\ncritics, for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. At the
\nmeeting of the foreign ministers of the G20 member countries, which was also
\nattended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the High Representative of
\nthe European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell,
\ncalled on all participants to help end the war, restore Ukraine’s sovereignty
\nand ensure that global repercussions are limited. Retno Marsudi, the foreign
\nminister of Indonesia, called for an end to the war in Ukraine in the presence
\nof his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. It is our responsibility to end the
\nwar as soon as possible and resolve our differences at the negotiating table,
\nnot on the battlefield, Retno Marsudi said. In reply, Sergei Lavrov accused
\nthe West for the lack of an armistice with Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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\ninterconnector between the gas pipelines in Greece and Bulgaria, which becomes
\noperational today, gives Romania access to other natural gas resources, in an
\ninternational context in which it becomes increasingly likely that Moscow will stop deliveries to the European Union. Romania will be able to help other states in
\nthe region reduce their dependence on Russian gas, said Prime Minister Nicolae
\nCiuca in Athens, where he paid a working visit and met with his Greek
\ncounterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.<\/p>\n
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\nIohannis has signed the decree appointing Petre Daea as Minister of Agriculture
\nand Rural Development. On Wednesday, the leadership of the Social Democratic
\nParty voted unanimously for Petre Daea to return to the Ministry of
\nAgriculture. The former Minister of Agriculture, the deputy Adrian Chesnoiu,
\nretired from office and suspended himself from the Social Democratic Party, as
\nthe National Anticorruption directorate requested his criminal investigation in
\na case in which he is accused of abuse of office. He claims that he did not
\ncommit any act of criminal nature or corruption and asked his colleagues in the
\nChamber of Deputies to vote for the lifting of his immunity, which happened at
\nthe end of last month.<\/p>\n
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\nDerek Chauvin has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the US federal
\njustice for violating the African-American George Floyd’s civil rights, France
\nPresse reports. The 46-year-old former officer had already been sentenced to
\n22-and-a-half years in prison for murder by Minnesota state justice, but
\nappealed the sentence. On May 25, 2020, in a Minneapolis police operation,
\nDerek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The
\nAfrican-American man died in the incident. The footage of the crime, which went
\nviral, sparked widespread protests against racism and police violence in the
\nUnited States.<\/p>\n
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\nof competition at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, near
\nBucharest, Romania climbed to the first place in the country rankings with five
\nmedals, of which three gold and two silver. This afternoon, David Popovici (17
\nyears old), the new double world champion in seniors in 100 and 200 m
\nfreestyle, will swim in the final of the 50 m freestyle even, and Aissia
\nClaudia Prisecariu in the final of the 200 m backstroke. We recall that
\nThursday was a very good day for Romania. Vlad Stancu managed a new performance
\nwinning the 1500 m freestyle. For Stancu it is the second gold medal after the
\none won with the 4×100 m relay, a triumph to which David Popovici, Stefan Cozma
\nand Patrick Dinu also contributed. Also yesterday, Bianca Costea managed to win
\na silver medal in the 50 m freestyle. On Wednesday, David Popovici won his
\nsecond gold medal in this competition, winning the final of the 200 m
\nfreestyle. On the same day, the mix Romanian relay, including David Popovici,
\nPatrick Sebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Aimee Diaconescu, won the
\nsilver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle. About 500 athletes from 42 countries are
\nparticipating in the championship. Romania is represented by 26 swimmers – 14
\nboys and 12 girls. (MI)<\/p>\n
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