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Ex-Indian PM Singh takes oath as lawmaker
India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh took the oath as a member of the Upper House of Parliament on Friday. The oath was administered by Upper House (Rajya Sabha) Chairman…
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UK Prime Minister says Britain must leave EU on Oct. 31, deal or no deal
Visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson started talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday afternoon, with the thorny issue of Irish border plan of the Brexit deal on the…
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Xi highlights poverty relief, high-quality development, environmental protection
Chinese President Xi Jinping has underscored efforts to push forward poverty alleviation, promote high-quality development, enhance environmental protection, ensure and improve people's well-being. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist…
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Xi inspects village, afforestation area in NW China
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited a rural community and an afforestation area in northwest China's Gansu Province Wednesday. Xi visited a new…
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Trump says talks with Taliban ongoing as envoy heads to region
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday talks are ongoing with the Taliban, but remained non-committal to completely withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of futile war. The 18-year-long U.S. military…
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EU’s Juncker to undergo urgent medical procedure
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker had to shorten his holiday in Austria for medical reasons. He was taken back to Luxembourg where he will undergo an urgent…
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Thousands gather in Sydney calling for end to violence in China’s Hong Kong
Around 3,000 people marched peacefully through the streets of Sydney on Saturday to call for an end to the violence which has gripped China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)…
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Chinese UN envoy calls for peaceful means to resolve Kashmir issue
The Kashmir issue should be resolved properly through peaceful means in accordance with the United Nations Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreement, a Chinese envoy said on Friday.…
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Xi’s expositions on building human community with shared future published in French
A book of Xi Jinping's discourses on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humanity has been published in French by the Central Compilation and Translation…
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San Francisco mayor backs advocacy group to press for gun control
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Saturday threw her weight behind an anti-gun violence advocacy group in the Bay Area to urge the federal government and lawmakers in Congress to…