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Xi tells Blinken US, China should be 'partners, not rivals'
BEIJING, ChinaChinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken...
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China warns diplomatic ties with US could face 'downward spiral' as Blinken visits Beijing
China's foreign minister on Friday urged visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address rising disagreements or risk a "downward spiral" between the two powers after months of efforts to ease tensions. ......
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MAGA is obsessed with Viktor Orban. Liberals should be too
<p><em>By Marc Champion</em></p>.<p>Why are Donald Trump and MAGA America so fascinated by Viktor Orban, the prime minister of a small, landlocked central European nation that many of them likely couldn’t find on a map? Because, as he said in 2022 when he addressed a US...
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Iran urges Security Council to address 'belligerent' Israel's atrocities in Gaza, region
Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations has denounced Israel’s destabilizing activities in West Asia, urging the UN Security Council to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its atrocities in Gaza and elsewhere. “Israel's ongoing destabilized and irresponsible actions and atrocities...
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India election: Second phase of voting today as Modi vs Gandhi campaign heats up
India began voting on Friday in the second phase of the world's biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes. Almost one billion people are eligible to...
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Two Trump courtroom dramas could help shape the tone of a future presidency
A wild day of often outlandish legal arguments and tabloid tales could not obscure the stakes for the country. Only Donald Trump could conjure a two-city legal spectacle that gave equal billing to the deepest thoughts of George Washington and a former National Enquirer publisher known for lurid...
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Haiti transitional council ceremony forced to change venue as violence persists
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A new body tasked with forming Haiti's next government will swear in its members on Thursday, as violence continues in the capital.A swathe of recent gang violence forced officials ......
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New EU trade rules ‘green squeeze’ the Global South
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support for business and...
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White House admits covert deliveries of long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine
(MENAFN) The White House acknowledged on Wednesday that it is executing covert deliveries of long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine, fulfilling a longstanding request from Kyiv. Leader Joe Biden ... ......
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No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while ...
WASHINGTON — On the left and right, Supreme Court justices seem to agree on a basic truth about the American system of government: No one is above the law, not even the president. “The law applies equally to all persons, including a person who happens for a period of time to occupy the Presidency,”...
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