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Biden presses Netanyahu on need to reach Gaza truce deal
CAIRO/JERUSALEM - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a...
Aug 22, 20243 min read
New York man accused of spying on Chinese dissidents, DOJ says
WASHINGTON - A New York man was charged on Wednesday with operating as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States,...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Analysis-China's fresh urbanisation push may thwart 'birth-friendly society' goal
HONG KONG/BEIJING - Mary Meng is so busy and stressed working for a Chinese tech company in Shanghai that she can't imagine having a...
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Paraguay open to China trade deals via Mercosur despite Taiwan ties, Pena says
ASUNCION - Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said on Wednesday that he was "fully open" to trade deals with China via South American...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Pakistan man charged with cybercrime linked to riots in Britain
LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has charged a local man with cybercrime offences for spreading fake...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Israeli PM says troops will not leave Philadelphi corridor in Gaza
JERUSALEM - Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the so-called Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza,...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says
DUBAI - The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
DOHA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker...
Aug 21, 20244 min read
China's Xi backs Fijian PM's Pacific plan ahead of regional meeting
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka he backed his "Ocean of Peace" plan during a...
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
'Rotten-tail kids': China's rising youth unemployment breeds new working class
BEIJING - Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept...
Aug 21, 20243 min read
India flags cricket rights concerns with Disney-Reliance $8.5 billion merger
NEW DELHI - India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media...
Aug 21, 20243 min read
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