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Green-aligning the BRI: A significant stride toward sustainability

Throughout its intervening ten years since it was launched in 2013, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a multi-decade, continent-spanning policy and in

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Yemen's warring factions conclude large-scale prisoner swap

In a significant step toward resolving the protracted conflict in Yemen, the country's warring factions successfully completed a massive exchange of prisoners on Sunday

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US: Russia, Iran moving toward full defense ‘partnership’

The Biden administration is accusing Russia of moving to provide advanced military assistance to Iran, including air defense systems, helicopters and fighter jets, part

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The Supreme Court sided with Google in its epic copyright fight against Oracle

The highest court in the land has a lot to say about tech this week. The Supreme Court weighed in on Google’s long legal battle with Oracle on Monday, overturning a prior victory for the latter

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US calls Bahrain, UAE 'major security partners'

The United States called Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates “major security partners" early Saturday, a previously unheard of designation for the two countries home t

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History and impacts of China's ban on solid waste import

Customs officers check imported solid waste in Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, August 13, 2019. /CFPElchole Cai, 30, resident of a small town in east China

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In The Spotlight: Saad Hariri, the veteran politician returns

On Thursday, Lebanon's President Michel Aoun announced that he had appointed former Prime Minister Saad Hariri as prime minister-designate. The move brings the veteran politician back on stage at

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Officials say east Libya government resigns amid protests

An interim government in eastern Libya resigned on Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions, officials said.Prime

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Ford to cut 1,000 salaried jobs in U.S.

Ford Motor Co. is planning to eliminate 1,000 white-collar jobs in the United States by the end of the year, another step in its years-long 11-billion-dollar restructur

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Trump downplays West Texas energy worries, attacks Democrats

President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at “crazy left radical Democrats” on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, launching unsubstantiated claims t

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Seoul mayor’s death prompts sympathy, questions of his acts

The sudden death of Seoul’s mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has raised questions

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Fighting the coronavirus pandemic amid the China-U.S. rift

While the years-long trade war has yet to recede, the coronavirus pandemic is further fueling the estrangement between China and the U.S. Over the past months, toxicity

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Supreme Court blocks Trump effort to wind down DACA program

The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a blow to President Trump's immigration agenda, ruling the administration's attempt to dismantle an Obama-era program that prote

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OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month

A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed stock graph and OPEC logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. /Reuters OPEC, Russia and allies agreed on Saturday to extend r

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Religious services curbed across Mideast over virus fears

Religious authorities moved to cancel or limit weekly prayer gatherings across the Middle East on Friday to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as they encou