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The 'war' is returning to Russia, Zelenskyy warns after latest drone attack

Ukraine attempted to launch an attack on targets in Moscow with three drones but failed to achieve its goal, said the Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday as Ukrainian Pr

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Japanese population falls in all 47 prefectures for 1st time

The population of Japanese nationals totaled 122,423,038 across the country in 2022, down by 801,000, marking the biggest drop and the first time all 47 of the country'

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Xi stresses strengthening farmland protection, quality improvement

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed efforts to effectively strengthen farmland protection and fully improve farmland quality to expand agricultural produc

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NATO expansion drives up insecurity, military expenditure of countries: Expert

NATO's rhetoric of painting China as an aggressive power has created a false sense of insecurity in Asian countries and its citizens, which has prompted countries to in

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Angola drops COVID-19 test requirement for travellers

The Angolan government has eliminated the requirement of presenting a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result for travellers entering or leaving the

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China's foreign trade in goods up 2.1% in first half

China's foreign trade grew by 2.1 percent year-on-year to 20.1 trillion yuan ($2.8 trillion) in the first half of 2023, data from the General Administration of Customs

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NATO summit: No timetable for Ukraine membership, Zelenskyy tweets 'absurd'

Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday failed to set a timetable for Ukraine's membership of the alliance, which angered Ukrainian Presiden

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China's June annual CPI turns flat; PPI continues decline

China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, came in flat in June compared with the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) s

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China further supports rural revitalization with new guideline

China's policymakers released a new guideline to further support and speed up rural revitalization while maintaining environmental protection measures.The document, iss

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APD | Indian Course of Actions are Visibly Divergent from Regional Alliances

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair GSRRA, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, and Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalizatio

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Meta launches Twitter rival app Threads

Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads which will be a direct rival of social network Twitter.Called Threads, the new offering is billed as a te

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Oil prices rise 2 percent as market weighs supply cuts against economic outlook

Oil prices climbed 2% on Tuesday as markets weighed August supply cuts by top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia against a weak global economic outlook.Saudi Arabia on M

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Brazil court majority votes to bar former president Bolsonaro from politics

Brazil's Superior Electoral Tribunal on Friday reached the majority it needs to bar far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro from politics for eight years over his unf

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Chinese, Russian diplomats stress political settlement of Korean issue

Liu Xiaoming, special representative of the Chinese government on Korean Peninsula affairs, held a consultation over the peninsula with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

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APD | Pakistan Thanked China for Evacuating Its Citizens from Sudan

By APD writer HannahAccording to the report from South China Morning Post, more than 200 Pakistani nationals and six Brazilian citizens were evacuated from Sudan Port i

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World Bank provides loans to support economic recovery in Philippines

The Philippines and the World Bank (WB) on Monday signed several loan agreements amounting to 1.14 billion U.S. dollars to finance various government initiatives aimed

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U.S. adjourns Sudan talks, says format 'not succeeding'

The United States on Wednesday adjourned Sudan talks because the format was "not succeeding" in the way it wanted, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs