Morning news brief: Elon Musk abandons Twitter deal, Japan refuses to bow down to violence, and more
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A day after the assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the country has vowed to not bow down to violence. Political parties have announced that they will campaign today, the last day before polling starts on Sunday. In other news, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, ChineseForeign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinkendiplomats held talks in what was theirfirst in-person meeting since October. Finally, the Elon Musk-Twitter saga has taken yet another dramatic turn.
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The top diplomats from the United States and China voiced guarded hope Saturday of preventing tensions from spiralling out of control as they held rare talks on the Indonesian island of Bali, after attending a G20 summit where the top U.S. diplomat led efforts to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine.
A day after Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a gunman in the western city of Nara, campaigning for the approaching elections is set to resume on Saturday (July 9th), the final day of campaigning before voting on Sunday (July 10th).
Amid fears of gas shortages with Russia curbing capacity, Germany's two houses of Parliament have taken the "painful but necessary" decision to reactivate the country's coal-fired power plants in order to support electricity generation.
It has been a whirlwind of a situation, featuring controversial Twitter polls, a will he - won’t he situation with Elon Musk joining the Twitter board, a ‘poison pill’ plan and finally the purchase. But, now in yet another dramatic turn, the deal has turned sour. Musk has withdrawn from the $44 billion deal. Take a look at how the saga unfolded.
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