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Is China’s recovery helping Asia’s other big exporting economies?
South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong all consider mainland China to be their biggest export market, but the jury is out on how strongly they are feeling the effects of a robust Chinese economic
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Senior al-Qaeda leader Abu Muhsin al-Masri killed in Afghanistan
Abu Muhsin al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior al-Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s
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Boris Johnson’s credibility takes a hit
Now Johnson's plans appear ruined. He'd wanted to use his personal enthusiasm for Brexit to instil a fresh sense of optimism that the UK's future was brighter outside the European Union. Free from the
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US officials: Iran sent emails intimidating American voters
CAIRO: Sudanese protesters took to the streets in the capital and across the country on Wednesday over dire living conditions and a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in the east earlier this month. The protests came
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‘A long slog’: IMF says Asia faces a slow economic recovery
Employment has taken a much bigger hit than during the global financial crisis, with women and younger workers suffering the most, IMF says.The Asia Pacific region is likely to see economic output remain below
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Eyewitnesses say Nigerian forces opened fire on protesters in Lagos
Demonstrators have taken part in daily protests across the country for nearly two weeks over widespread claims of kidnapping, harassment, and extortion by a police unit know as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Tuesday
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Jordan limits comprehensive curfew to Fridays until end of 2020
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s security chief has been forced to delay his return from an official visit to the US after testing positive for coronavirus following a series of White House meetings. Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, director-general
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways slashes jobs, kills Dragon
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would slash 5,900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand, joining peers in cutting costs as it grapples with a plunge in demand
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UK government signs contract for first coronavirus human challenge studies
Up to 19 volunteers at a time will take part in the tests, to be held at the Royal Free Hospital in London, which houses a Biosafety Level 3 ward. They will be run
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Turkish Cypriots elect Erdogan’s candidate amid east Med tensions
NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriots in breakaway northern Cyprus on Sunday narrowly elected right-wing nationalist Ersin Tatar, backed by Ankara, in a run-off poll, at a time of heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.Tatar, 60, clinched


