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China suspends HK's SFO agreement with Germany, shelves one with France

China has decided to suspend the agreement on the surrender of fugitive offenders (SFO) between its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Germany and shelve a similar one with Fra

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Tesla announces 5 for 1 share split, rallies 8%

Today after the close of regular trading Tesla, a well-known American electric vehicle company, announced that it intends to split its shares 5 for 1. The split announcement comes after a sharp rally

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Global Business Daily: Saudi Aramco plunge, UK job cuts, TikTok offers

"As countries ease the lockdown, we expect demand to increase."That was Amin Nasser, CEO of the world's biggest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, with an optimistic outlook, despite the company's profits p

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U.S. political suppression of non-American firms doomed to boomerang: China

Saying that reckless political manipulation and suppression of certain non-American firms by the United States is doomed to "boomerang," China on Friday urged Washingt

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China denounces U.S. suppression of Chinese high-tech firms

China on Thursday denounced the U.S. suppression and containment of Chinese high-tech firms by abusing state power. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the

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Cabinet Minister Asked Johnson to Help Convicted Sexual Abuser Charlie Elphicke, Report Claims

Boris Johnson is said to have initially been sympathetic to former Tory MP Charlie Elphicke, before he was convicted of sexual assault last week. However, another minis

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HSBC profits dive 67%, hit by pandemic and China-U.S. trade tensions

A sign of the London-headquartered HSBC displayed in the UK. /VCG HSBC's post-tax profits plunged by 69 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2020, recorded at 3.1 billion U.S. dollars. Th

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FIFA confirms Infantino can remain president despite criminal probe

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a press conference at the Home of FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. FIFA president Gianni Infantino will continue in his post, world footb

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Israel’s Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday railed at swelling protests against his rule, saying they were egged on by a biased media that distorts facts and ch

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U.S. should not repeat the tragedy of McCarthyism

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 13, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Sun Chenghao is an assistant research professor at

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Pompeo 'decimated and demoralized' the State Department, report finds ahead of Congress hearing

On Tuesday, U.S. Senate Democrats unveiled a report that chastised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's management of the State Department, putting him in a difficult posit

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Malaysian ex-PM Najib to face verdict in first 1MDB case

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was on Tuesday found guilty of one count of abuse of power in the first of five trials he faces over a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at 1MDB, a state

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Goldman to pay Malaysia $3.9 billion over 1MBD scandal

Goldman Sachs will pay 3.9 billion U.S. dollars to settle Malaysia's criminal probe over the U.S. investment bank's role in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, closing a key front in the multi-j

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China rejects U.S. accusations on China's military-civilian integration policy

A civilian personnel formation takes part in a military parade during the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (P

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Israelis block entrance to parliament amid intense protests

After a night of intense protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, dozens of Israeli demonstrators chained themselves together and briefly

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Masseuse From Epstein’s ‘Pedophile Island’ Recalls Conversations With ‘Chatty’ Prince Andrew

The news comes as a leading extradition lawyer in the UK told Sky News that it is “very likely” that the UK government will play a role in deciding whether Prince Andre

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Behind the Story: Maxwell faces pressure to spill Epstein's secrets

Paris-born socialite, daughter of a controversial British media tycoon who drowned in mysterious circumstances and, potentially, the key to the secrets of a convicted American sex offender and his we