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Trump says China trade deal still on after adviser's remarks

US-China trade spat, Iran tensions to dominate weighty G20

10:35 am June 26, 2019

Osaka: The trade battle between the US and China, and fears that spiralling tensions with Iran could erupt into conflict are poised to dominate a high-stakes G20 summit from Friday. With hotspots North Korea and Venezuela and a slowing world economy also high on the agenda, the two-day gathering of leaders from the world’s group of 20 leading nations in Osaka, Japan, could be one […]

China says list of ‘unreliable’ foreign firms coming soon

6:24 pm June 6, 2019

Beijing: China’s Commerce Ministry will release a list of “unreliable” foreign companies in the near future, a spokesman said Thursday, without giving a specific date. The decision to create the list, announced last week, is widely seen as a response to a US decision to put Huawei Technologies on a blacklist for alleged theft of intellectual property and evasion of Iran sanctions. Chinese Commerce […]

Xi Jinping in Russia to usher ‘new era’ of friendship

1:17 pm June 5, 2019

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia Wednesday to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefited from Moscow’s isolation from the West. Due to arrive in the early afternoon, Xi will be received with full honours. He will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin before attending a formal […]

Brazil national museum recovers 200 Egypt pieces after fire

10:11 am May 8, 2019

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil’s national museum said Tuesday it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire last September. The collection had 700 pieces and was the largest in Latin America before the blaze. The artifacts recovered include statues, vases and amulets that had been buried inside the casket of a mummy and hadn’t seen the […]

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