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Tokyo (Stock Exchange), Nov 24 (EFE / EPA).- The Tokyo stock benchmark soared 638.22 points or 2.5 percent to close at 26,165.59 in expectation of early development of vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)SHOT LIST: A DISPLAY SHOWING CLOSING INFORMATION OF THE NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Nov 5 (EFE/EPA).- Japanese stocks closed Thursday at a two-year high following a narrow lead of a Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the US presidential elections. The benchmark Nikkei rose 410.05 points, or 1.73 percent, to close at 24,105.28, hitting its highest since 2018. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).B-ROLL OF THE DISPLAYS SHOWING INFORMATION OF THE NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Training 12 hours a day, six days a week at a German military base, Ukrainian troops are learning how to master the Leopard 2 tanks recently supplied by Western allies as quickly as possible, with Kyiv hoping they may change the course of the war.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday in a widely condemned weapons test that prompted Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The firings follow an intercontinental ballistic missile launch Saturday and North Korea’s threats to take an unprecedentedly strong response to US-South Korean military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced the recovery of the artefact, known as the "Green Sarcophagus", during a televised press conference Monday.
Morocco coach Walid Regragui said the Atlas Lions are ready to "aim for the sky" after reaching the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in 36 years on Thursday. The North Africans sealed their passage into the last 16 with a 2-1 win over Canada which saw them finish ahead of Croatia on top of Group F.
Netherlands beat already eliminated Qatar 2-0 to top Group A and reach the knockout stages of the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday after Cody Gakpo netted his third goal in three games. Qatar, meanwhile, become the first World Cup host nation to lose all three of their group games.