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Thailand's Pheu Thai to announce backing of 14 parties in bid to form new government

Thailand's Pheu Thai Party will announce later on Monday it has the backing of 14 parties in its bid to form the next government, its deputy leader said, ahead of this

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Putin will not attend BRICS summit: South African Presidency

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit by mutual agreement, the South African Presidency said on Wednesday.Russia will be represented by its

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UN chief sends Putin proposal to keep Black Sea grain deal alive

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter on Tuesday proposing a way forward to further facilitate Russian food a

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Eight people feared trapped in buildings collapse in Marseille

Eight people are not responding to calls and are thought to be under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday in the southern French c

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Biden calls on Congress to get 'tougher' on executives at failed banks

toldtougherS. President Joe Biden told Congress on Friday that it should get tougher on executives from failed banks to make sure that no one is above the law.Congress

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China to effectively prevent, defuse major economic, financial risks

workworkshould effectively prevent and defuse major economic and financial risks relating real estate market and local government debt in 2023 according to a government

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More heavy weapons for Ukraine 'in the near future': NATO chief

Ukraine can expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries soon, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with German media on Sunda

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Chinese FM, U.S. secretary of state hold phone talks

Newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday had a phone conversation on relations between the two nations, th

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni forms new government

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team.Meloni, head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, swept to victory

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Indonesian president orders probe into deadly soccer stampede

Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered authorities on Sunday to thoroughly re-evaluate security at soccer matches, after a stampede and clashes at a stadium in East J

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Germany's Scholz, Russia's Putin discuss Ukraine in phone call

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he engaged in a lengthy telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they spoke about the latest situation

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Chinese authorities sign agreement with U.S. on audit oversight

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Ministry of Finance signed a supervision cooperation agreement with the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversig

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China's central bank urges steady credit growth

China's central bank has urged major financial institutions to spearhead the effort in maintaining stable credit growth, it said in a statement on Monday.In a meeting c

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Afghan official thanks China for aid to quake-affected families

Mawlawi Mansoor, head of the Natural Disaster Management Authority of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika Province, on Saturday thanked China for sending humanitarian assista

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Biden pledges federal money to fund New Mexico wildfire recovery

The U.S. federal government will fund New Mexico's full wildfire response, President Joe Biden said on Saturday in Santa Fe, amid anger from survivors over the blaze th

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Russia calls for coordinated BRICS action against global economic risks

Russia, hit by Western sanctions, has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to coordinate measures to stabilize the economic situation, Russian Finance Minist

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French prosecutor studying EU anti-fraud agency report on Le Pen

French prosecutors said on Sunday they are examining a report by the European Union's anti-fraud agency accusing far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and memb