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UN chief congratulates Macron on winning French presidential election

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated French President-elect Emmanuel Macron on winning the presidential election, said a spokesperson here on Monday.

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Moving U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem a priority: Trump's senior aide

A senior aide to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a major focus for Trump.

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CIA's Brennan says tearing up Iran deal would be "folly"

Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan has said it would be the "height of folly" for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to tear up Washington's deal with Tehran because it would make it more likely that Iran and others would acquire nuclear weapons.

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HK court rejects two legislators-elect's appeal against disqualification

Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected two nation-insulting legislators-elect's appeal and upheld the previous ruling which disqualified their legislators' seats.

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Transition is going so smoothly’: Trump takes to Twitter to attack New York Times again

President-elect Donald Trump listed several countries whose leaders he had spoken with since winning the US presidential election and used his Twitter account to attack a media report that he has been hard to reach.

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HK's High Court disqualifies 2 nation-insulting legislators-elect for violating Basic Law

​Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday disqualified two legislators-elect for using language insulting the Chinese nation while taking oaths, which violated the Basic Law and local laws.

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UN rights expert appeals for calm amid violence in Cambodia

United Nations rights envoy for Cambodia Surya Subedi on Wednesday urged all sides to immediately exercise utmost calm and restraint in the wake of alarming reports of violence following opposition protests in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.