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Takeda gets shareholder approval for £46bn Shire takeoverTakeda gets shareholder approval for £46bn Shire takeover
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Takeda Pharmaceutical has secured shareholder approval for a £46bn ($59bn) takeover of UK-listed drugmaker Shire, clearing the way for Japan's largest ever corporate acquisition.

The takeover would make Takeda one of the world's top 10 drugmakers.

The deal, which needs to be approved by Shire's shareholders, will also saddle

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Chris Dawson: Arrest in podcast-highlighted Australian mysteryChris Dawson: Arrest in podcast-highlighted Australian mystery
Image copyrightSUPPLIEDImage caption Lynette Dawson's disappearance has been given wider attention by a popular podcast

Australian police have arrested the husband of a Sydney woman whose disappearance in 1982 has been the subject of a popular crime podcast.

Chris Dawson, 70, is to be charged with murdering

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Is Delhi's air causing lung cancerIs Delhi's air causing lung cancer
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Bulandshahr: Why a policeman was killed over 'cow slaughter'Bulandshahr: Why a policeman was killed over 'cow slaughter'
Image copyrightCourtesy: Sumit SharmaImage caption Police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh tried to calm the mob but was killed

A police officer in northern India was killed trying to calm a mob angered by reports that cows, regarded by Hindus as holy, had been slaughtered in the area. TheIndianSubcontinent Hindi's

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Japan's final pager provider to end its service in 2019Japan's final pager provider to end its service in 2019
Image:Retro tech: When the pager was king

Japan's last pager provider has announced it will end its service in September 2019 - bringing a national end to telecommunication beepers, 50 years after their introduction.

Around 1,500 users remain subscribed to Tokyo Telemessage, which has not made the devices in 20 years.

Hospital workers favour them as

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Indonesia attack: Gunmen kill 24 construction workers in PapuaIndonesia attack: Gunmen kill 24 construction workers in Papua
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Soldiers brought in coffins as the scale of the attack became clear

At least 24 construction workers have been killed by gunmen in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua, officials said.

A soldier was also shot dead when a team of police and security forces were sent to

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