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Biden, 80, prepares to announce re-election bid
Apr 16, 2023 02:57US President Joe Biden says he has decided to run for a second term and would formally announce his re-election campaign "relatively soon,” despite the fact that many Americans say he is too old to run for another term in office.
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US: Montana State lawmakers vote to completely ban TikTok
Apr 16, 2023 02:45US state lawmakers have passed a bill to completely ban TikTok in Montana.
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US uses tensions to prop anti-China pacts: Beijing envoy
Apr 16, 2023 02:38China’s envoy for the Korean peninsula has blamed the US for manipulating Korean tensions to prop up an anti-Beijing alliance in the region, insisting the scheme remains “part of their Indo-Pacific strategy.”
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Trump pledges loyalty to the gun lobby
Apr 16, 2023 02:35Former US President Donald Trump says mass shootings are not “a gun problem” as he vows to defend and expand gun owners' rights in a speech to the main American gun lobby’s annual meeting.
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France: Macron signs controversial pension bill into law despite long-running protests
Apr 15, 2023 13:08French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a controversial bill to raise the country’s retirement age by two years, defying three months of protests and calls for him to halt the disputed legislation.
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Report: Chinese firm offers $10 billion to mine lithium in Afghanistan
Apr 15, 2023 10:05The Taliban-run government in Afghanistan says a Chinese company has expressed interest in investing $10 billion to mine the country’s massive lithium reserves and help construct other infrastructure there.
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French protests persist as top court backs Macron’s unpopular pension plan
Apr 15, 2023 09:08Protest rallies across France and in the capital Paris have continued despite a high court ruling, clearing the way for French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform to be enforced.
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Sudan paramilitaries say in control of presidential palace, other centers
Apr 15, 2023 09:07Sudan's paramilitaries say they are in control of several key sites, including the presidential palace in central Khartoum, following fighting with the regular army.
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France convicts 11 Turkish Kurds of PKK of 'terror financing'
Apr 15, 2023 07:21A French court has convicted 11 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on charges of terror financing, with the sentences ranging from suspended three-year prison terms to five years behind bars with one year suspended.
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Lawmakers urge Biden to ensure US funds not used in Israeli settlements
Apr 15, 2023 04:19A group of American lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden’s administration to undertake a foundational “shift” in its dealings with Israel and ensure that American taxpayers’ money will not be allocated to Israeli settlements.