Yoshihide Suga is shown bowing and surrounded by parliamentarians on either side clapping their hands.

Japan’s Parliament elects new prime minister

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Yoshihide Suga bows after being elected as Japan’s new prime minister at the parliament’s lower house in Tokyo, Sept. 16, 2020.

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Japan’s Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzō Abe with his right-hand man. And, 14 people were killed in Colombia last week amid clashes between protesters and the police. The deaths were consistent with a tradition of police abuse in the country. Also, the government of Barbados has announced that it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic by next year.

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