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China issues action plan on further opening up its market

Skyline of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. /CFP The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee along with China's State Council on Sunday published an a

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Japan to Expand Virus Emergency to Cover 60% of Economy

Japan is set to expand its state of emergency beyond the Tokyo region to encompass the country’s other main economic hubs, as it battles to contain a surge in coronavir

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Recovery in uncertainties: world economy after the pandemic

The world economy got hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020, but with the progress made in a vaccine trial, it heads on the rebound in the coming year, although virus variants cast a

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China's demand-side reforms could sustain long-term economic growth

Editor's note: Ken Moak taught economic theory, public policy and globalization at the university level for 33 years. He co-authored the book "China's Economic Rise and Its Global Impact" in 2015.

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Euro zone agrees to fine-tune bailout fund amid COVID worries

Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Monday to move ahead with the stalled changes to their European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund to strengthen the resilience of the common currency area a

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Burkina Faso's Kabore ahead in early presidential election results

The incumbent President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore. /Getty Images Incumbent Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore was leading with just three voting districts declared on Monday,

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Measles cases and deaths soaring globally: WHO

The World Health Organization reports measles cases and deaths have soared around the globe since 2016. /AFP The World Health Organization reports measles cases and deaths havesoared around th

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Bookstore brand launches talks on current affairs

Organizing talks given by important figures in various fields is a new common for bookstores to establish closer connections with today's readers.JIC Bookstore launched its JIC Talks on Thursday a

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Ushur raises $25M for its no-code platform to build customer communication flows

No-code is the name of the game in enterprise software, and today a startup called Ushur that has built a platform for any business to create its own AI-based customer communication flows with no codi

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How would reneging on peace agreements resolve Afghanistan's quagmire?

Afghan security force members take part in a military operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the

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Armenia and Azerbaijan truce in jeopardy, both ready for talks

A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting

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Russia, Turkey agree on strict adherence to Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire as tensions rise

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated Wednesday, as both sides exchanged accusations and claims of new attacks over the separatist territory of Nagorno-

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OPEC fears big decline in oil demand

Global oil demand is expected to plateau and possibly begin to decline within the next 20 years. That's the outlook from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Cou

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Trump's popularity in rural America remains strong

02:55 Trump signs and flags are a common sight across much of rural Michigan.The Michigan Farm Bureau has already given their endorsement to the incumbent president and that appears to

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Global stocks gain as markets eye U.S. stimulus talks

Global stocks rose Thursday on revived hopes for U.S. stimulus despite mixed signs on the state of negotiations in Washington and rising worries about the coronavirus in Europe that have prompted fre

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World's richest 1% produce twice the emissions of poorest 50%

VCG The richest one percent of people are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the world's population – 3.1 billion people – a new research showed Mo

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U.S. current account deficit widens 52.9% in Q2

The U.S. current account deficit widened sharply in the second quarter, the highest level in nearly 12 years, as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on U.S. exports, the Commerce Department reported Fri