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Australia to spend $3 billion on military equipment in two decades
Aug 12, 2019 09:11Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government will spend three billion dollars on new weapons and military equipment over the next two decades, in a move which is believed to be taken under US pressure.
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Indian FM in China as tensions with Pakistan flare
Aug 12, 2019 09:01Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and China's Vice President Wang Qishan in Beijing on Monday.
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US-China trade conflict escalates to currency war
Aug 12, 2019 03:16Stock markets fell sharply around the world amid fears of a currency war, after China allowed its currency, the renminbi, to fall below the benchmark of 7 to the US dollar. The move was taken in response to US president Trump’s escalation of the trade war by threatening a 10 percent tariff on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods from September 1.
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A battle for supremacy between China and the US
Aug 11, 2019 14:55China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin were properly grim-faced when they were pictured on last Wednesday sitting on opposite sides of a long negotiating table in Shanghai’s Xijiao Conference Center. This, after all, was the first formal resumption of trade talks since negotiations collapsed nearly three months ago.
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Pakistan to take Kashmir issue to UN with China support
Aug 11, 2019 04:20Pakistan says, with the support of China, it will take the Kashmir issue to the United Nations Security Council after India revoked the autonomy of the disputed Himalayan region.
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Trump: China wants to ‘continue the great ripoff of’ US
Aug 11, 2019 04:03President Donald Trump says that China wants a Democrat to win the 2020 US presidential election so it can “continue the great ripoff of America.”
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China warns Britain to stay out of Hong Kong riots
Aug 11, 2019 03:47China has warned Britain to stay out of its internal affairs after British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab called for an independent investigation into the recent riots in its former colony Hong Kong.
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US-Russia battle for influence spills into the Mediterranean
Aug 10, 2019 06:14The rivalry between Washington and Moscow for control of oil and gas supplies to Europe has taken a religious colour and spread to the Churches of these areas, says Nour Samaha, a researcher and analyst based between Beirut and London. As a journalist, she has producing in-depth reports and investigative stories for such sites as The Intercept, Politico and Foreign Policy.
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US, China step up war of words over Washington's role in Hong Kong unrest
Aug 10, 2019 05:32A new war of words has escalated between Washington and Beijing after the Chinese media shared the news of a meeting between a Hong Kong-based US diplomat and leaders of the city’s anti-government protesters.
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China again warns US to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs
Aug 09, 2019 11:12China has once again warned the United States to stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs, as the city continues to witness unrest.