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China braces for slow growth as Communist Party conference hints at tax expansion & more spending
The Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) did not announce any big-bang reforms but instead sought to focus on qualitative growth read more
Beijing is solidifying the China-Hamas-Fatah triad via peace talks between the latter two.…
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3-time Rwanda President Kagame storms to power with 99% votes & other global news you may have missed
Rwanda, straight out of the gruesome genocide of 1994, elected Kagame as president by voting for his Tutsi-dominated party Rwanda Patriotic Front in 2000. Kagame previously served as defense minister and vice-president in 1994, soon after his RPF decla…
12 dead, over 60 missing in bridge collapse, flash floods in China
At least 12 people were killed in a bridge collapse and more than 60 others went missing in flash floods in China’s Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, officials said on Saturday.
The highway bridge collapse triggered by torrential rains in northwest …
Chinese artefacts in repatriation row were ‘given willingly’ to British Museum
The British Museum boasts one of the biggest collections of Chinese antiquities in the west, but it has faced repeated calls to return them to China. Now historical documents reveal that many of the antiquities were acquired with the full cooperation o…
U.S. vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance is a study in contradiction
Open this photo in gallery: From the left: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, U.S. Senator and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance stand onstage during the last day of the 2024 Republican Natio…
Nepal has a new prime minister and it may be good news for China
KP Oli, the head of the second largest party in Parliament, has become the prime minister of Nepal a fourth time. File Photo
On July 15, KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal, marking his fourth term in office.…
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Several killed in Chinese bridge collapse during torrential rain
Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing, state media has said.
The bridge over a river in Shangluo, Shaanxi province, buckled at about 8.40pm on Friday “due to a sudden downp…
At least 11 people dead and dozens missing after bridge collapse in China following horror floods and heavy storms
AT LEAST 11 people are dead and dozens more have gone missing after a highway bridge collapsed in China amid torrential rain.
A massive search operation is currently underway as 20 cars and 30 people remain missing.…
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Beyond third plenum: China’s slowing economy demands a more consensus-based approach from Beijing
The second-largest economy in the world, whose double-digit growth in the last three decades has made it an Asian economic powerhouse, has now slowed down to a single-digit growth rate read more
More than three hundred members of the ruling Chinese Com…
Tech Fails, Wins, and WTFs of the week: Buggy Apps, Trillion Dollar Chips, AI DJs and more
Ever feel like you’re drowning in breaking news, yet some good stuff always seems to slip through the cracks? Fear not, weary news consumer! This is your weekly escape hatch, your portal to the under-the-radar stories that deserve a moment in the spotl…