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Japan Cabinet Paves The Way For Emperor's Abdication
The country is gearing up for the first shift in 200 years
The Japanese cabinet has approved a draft law to allow the ailing Emperor Akihito to abdicate.
President Trump says he wants to get back to running the country following the controversy surrounding allegations of collusion between his election campaign team and Russia.
A painting by the late US graffiti artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, has sold at auction in New York for more than a hundred-and-ten million dollars. It is also the highest price fetched for any art by a black artist.
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