Singapore World News API

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            "title": "Commentary: Japan lifts ban on arms exports - can it build the free world’s defence industry?",
            "description": "No one doubts the nation has the skill. What it needs now is the will, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.",
            "content": "TOKYO: Japan’s decision to lift restrictions on the export of lethal arms has many hoping the country can be the defence supplier to the world. Ending this decades-old taboo would have been politically unthinkable just a decade ago. Nonetheless, this... [5410 chars]",
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            "description": "US envoys Witkoff, Kushner also due in Islamabad but there's no indication talks will be direct. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on April 24 to discuss proposals for restarting peace talks with the US, offering some hope for an end to the eight-week war that has killed thou... [6054 chars]",
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            "title": "Pentagon chief Hegseth blasts Europe, Asia for ‘free-riding’ on US Hormuz action",
            "description": "The Pentagon chief said the US blockade of Hormuz is growing stronger each day. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticised European and Asian countries for relying on the US military to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was closed by the war against Iran.\n“Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, b... [1388 chars]",
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