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Facts-Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate
LONDON - Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Canada says Pacific trade pact open to new members after Taiwan complains
TAIPEI - A major Trans-Pacific trade pact remains open to other aspirant members including Taiwan to join, Canada's government said,...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Trump to attend Notre-Dame reopening in first foreign trip since election
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will travel to Paris to attend this weekend's reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral,...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Biden to mark US and Angola's shared slave trade history
LUANDA - Joe Biden will use his visit to Angola on Tuesday, the first by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan African country, to mark the...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Merkel, Obama reunite in Washington for former chancellor's book tour
WASHINGTON - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. President Barack Obama, close political allies when they were both in...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Russia, Belarus to sign landmark security pact, Russian news agency says
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, will sign a landmark security pact on Friday that...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Taiwan watching Chinese carrier movements as sources say war games may start this weekend
TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday it is watching the movements of a Chinese aircraft carrier and assessing China's...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Taiwan's President Lai in Marshall Islands on first overseas state visit
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived on an official visit to the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, which he said was the first country he had...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Hong Kong leader says golf course ruling will not hit plans for public housing
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court's call for renewed public consultation on a plan to build 12,000 public homes on part of a prestigious golf...
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Fuel oil smuggling network rakes in $1 billion for Iran and its proxies
DUBAI - A sophisticated fuel oil smuggling network that some experts believe generates at least $1 billion a year for Iran and its...
Dec 3, 20247 min read
Facts-US reactions to Hunter Biden pardon by President Biden
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, reversing his earlier pledge to leave the...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought
TRES HERMANAS, Panama - The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a...
Dec 2, 20246 min read
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