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Guterres urges China, US to fix 'completely dysfunctional' relationship ahead of UN summit
Sep 20, 2021 09:25United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over another potential Cold War between the United States and China, urging the world’s two major economic powers to fix their “completely dysfunctional” relationship as soon as possible.
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10 dead, 5 missing after passenger ship overturned in SW China
Sep 19, 2021 08:09The death toll from an overturned passenger ship in southwest China's Guizhou Province has risen to 10, local authorities told China Media Group.
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Iran permanent membership in SCO diplomatic achievement: President Raeisi
Sep 19, 2021 01:39Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the approval of the Islamic Republic’s permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a “diplomatic achievement,” calling on the Foreign Ministry and other relevant ministries to take this new opportunity to connect to major Asian economic resources.
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54th shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Iran: IRICA
Sep 17, 2021 12:55The 54th cargo of coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine, including three million doses of ‘Sinopharm’ vaccine, arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday morning.
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Shanghai alliance SCO grants Iran full membership
Sep 17, 2021 06:08The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has formally accepted Iran as the new member of the Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance at its 21st summit in Dushanbe.
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China urges stepped up efforts aimed at improvement of Syria's humanitarian situation
Sep 17, 2021 02:59China has called on the international community to step up efforts aimed at considerable improvement of the humanitarian situation in war-ravaged Syria.
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Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan urge formation of inclusive Afghan govt.
Sep 17, 2021 02:47The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan urge the formation of an inclusive government in the now-Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that serves to represent all Afghan ethnicities.
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Chinese Taipei plans $9 billion boost in arms spending, amid rising tensions with China
Sep 17, 2021 01:08Chinese Taipei proposed on Thursday extra defense spending of T$240 billion ($8.69 billion) over the next five years, including on new missiles, as it warned of an urgent need to upgrade weapons in the face of what it called a "severe threat" from neighbor China.
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'Cold War mentality' in US, British, Australia pact: China
Sep 16, 2021 04:05China has reacted to a new trilateral security alliance announced by the United States, Britain and Australia aimed at addressing defense and security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region, calling on the three countries to shake off their ‘Cold War’ mentality.
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China's factories, retailers stumble on COVID-19 disruptions
Sep 16, 2021 01:23China’s factory and retail sectors faltered in August with output and sales growth hitting one-year lows as fresh coronavirus outbreaks and supply disruptions threatened the country’s impressive economic recovery.