Politics
Taiwan, wanting to join Pacific trade pact, questions China’s ‘sudden’ application
TAIPEI (China) - Taiwan's economy minister expressed concern on Friday about China's "sudden" decision to apply to join the Comprehensive...
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After killing Sahel Islamic State leader, France to hunt other chiefs
PARIS - French military forces have killed the leader of a West African affiliate of Islamic State by drone strike...
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Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban’s sudden return
The Islamist militant movement, which swiftly ousted Afghanistan's Western-backed government on Aug. 15, said on Tuesday that it had sent...
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Taiwan plans $9 billion boost in arms spending, warns of ‘severe threat’
TAIPEI -Taiwan proposed on Thursday extra defence spending of T$240 billion ($8.69 billion) over the next five years, including on...
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Chinese envoy to U.S. urges stable commercial ties despite trade conflicts
WASHINGTON (US) - China's new ambassador to the United States called on Monday for stable and constructive commercial ties between...
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Self-belief and strategy: Japan’s Taro Kono upends race for next premier
TOKYO (Japan) - When Taro Kono, Japan's leading contender to be prime minister, was a senior in high school, he...
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‘S.Korea’s Bernie Sanders’ tops presidential polls with talk of universal basic income
SEOUL (South Korea) - A South Korean politician who once said he aspired to be a "successful Bernie Sanders" is...
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Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at U.S. and Turkish forces in Syria
MOSCOW (Russia) - President Vladimir Putin received Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow for the first time since 2015 on...
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi returns to court but still ‘somewhat dizzy’
(Myanmar) -Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi returned to court on Tuesday, a day after she did not appear because she...
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Qatar’s foreign minister visits premier of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
CAIRO - Qatar's foreign minister held talks with the prime minister of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan on Sunday, in the highest-level foreign...
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