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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday adopted their first medium and long-term plan to guide the future development of their strategic partnership and mutually beneficial cooperation.
Police have made their first arrest in the cases of strawberry sabotage in Australia, in which sewing needles were found in fruit sold in six states.
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions' chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, will be acting attorney general.
The Trump administration's tough new sanctions on Iran have taken effect, but eight major importers of Iranian oil are being spared from immediate penalties.
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will slap back sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the historic 2015 Iran nuke deal, with eight jurisdictions given temporary waivers.
Medical cannabis products were legalized under certain circumstances in Britain on Thursday.
British Ambassador to China Barbara Woodward says the UK pavilion at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai will showcase the country's most cutting-edge technologies and innovations.
At a time when some Western countries are busy hyping "Chinese debt trap" theory, the African countries that practically reap the benefits from win-win cooperation stand out to defend.
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation Sunday as voters looked past warnings that the brash former army captain would erode democracy and embraced a chance for radical change after years of turmoil.
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become "hysterical" as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to the kingdom's top leadership.
A State Department spokesman says the U.S. welcomes a decision by Saudi Arabia to let the son of slain writer Jamal Khashoggi leave the country and come to the United States.
China and India pledged in New Delhi on Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation especially in the areas of law enforcement and security.
Plans to ban the distribution and sale of plastic drinking straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds were laid out Monday by the British government.
Japan and China should proceed from the big picture to steadily develop their friendly and cooperative ties as the two countries share major responsibility for regional and world peace and prosperity,said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Cameroonian President-elect Paul Biya expressed gratitude to Cameroonians on Monday after he achieved an overwhelming victory by winning 71.28 percent of the votes.
In a sign of growing pressure on Saudi Arabia, Turkey said it will announce details of its investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday and U.S. congressional leaders said the Gulf kingdom — in particular its crown prince — should face severe consequences for the death of the writer in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters opposed to Britain's impending exit from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday, demanding a new referendum and to have a say on the government's final Brexit deal with the EU.
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that 18 people were arrested over the death of the missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The world's population will increase by 2.2 billion by 2050, and more than half of that growth will likely be in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday.
At least 19 people, mostly teenagers, were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in an attack on a college in the city of Kerch in Crimea, local media reported.
