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Xi says China, Central Asia must 'fully unleash' potential
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» XIAN (CHINA) - Xi Jinping called on China and Central Asia to "fully unleash" their potential in trade, economic and infrastructure cooperation Friday, as he wrapped up a landmark summit with heads of state from the strategically vital region.
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Marcos Jr to be sworn in as Philippine president
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» MANILA - The son of the Philippines' late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as president Thursday, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country's highest office.
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India all but sinks WTO sustainable fishing deal
AFP, Published on 15/06/2022
» GENEVA: India all but sank the WTO's bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies, insisting Tuesday it would not sign up without a 25-year exemption.
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From foe to friend: how Iran transformed post-war Iraq ties
AFP, Published on 20/09/2020
» BAGHDAD - In the four decades since Iran and Iraq went to war, Tehran has turned enmity into influence, seeing its allies installed in Baghdad's halls of power and becoming its top trading partner.
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Ivory Coast PM and presidential candidate Coulibaly dies aged 61
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly died Wednesday after attending a cabinet meeting, just three months before presidential elections that he was due to contest. He was 61.
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Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to push through nominations
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to take the unprecedented step of adjourning Congress to allow him to appoint officials whose nominations he claimed were being blocked by Democrats in the Senate.
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As US pulls back, China builds influence at UN
AFP, Published on 18/04/2020
» UNITED NATIONS: As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of leveraging its global standing wherever the US lets go of the wheel.
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EU and UK begin talks on post-Brexit relationship
AFP, Published on 02/03/2020
» BRUSSELS: With Brexit "done" as far as London is concerned, UK and EU negotiators on Monday begin talks aimed at forging a future relationship -- while brandishing red lines that may yet prove to be irreconcilable.
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EU leaders to face off in 'very tough' budget summit
AFP, Published on 20/02/2020
» BRUSSELS - EU leaders are to hold a Brussels summit Thursday to set a seven-year budget despite splits between some stingy rich nations, poorer ones wanting to preserve spending and others wanting to fund grand global ambitions.
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Jobless millions to haunt India election
AFP, Published on 11/03/2019
» NEW DELHI: Vishal Chowdhary is young, bright and armed with an MBA. But he has spent two years struggling to find work in India's sluggish jobs market -- a major headache for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of looming elections.
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