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Biden hopes Xi Jinping will attend G20 amid reports Chinese president will skip Delhi summit
Analysts suggest Chinese leader may be reluctant to give neighbouring rival India the spotlightJoe Biden has s…
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Chinese developer Country Garden reports $6.7bn loss amid fears of another Evergrande
Group warns that if its financial performance ‘continues to deteriorate’ it faces possible default after huge …
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Kim Jong-un fires North Korea’s top general and calls for weapons production boost
Leader replaces Pak Su-il with defence minister, Gen Ri Yong-gil, and urges further military drillsNorth Korea…
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Japan’s PM deplores ‘Russia’s nuclear threat’ on 78th anniversary of Hiroshima
Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister …
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Italy seeking to leave ‘atrocious’ China Belt and Road plan without harming ties – minister
‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the…
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North Korea showcases attack drones during show of unity with China and Russia
Drones at military parade were said to have similar look to US drones as Japan warns that Kim Jong-un’s regime…
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Cyclone Biparjoy: more than 100,000 evacuated in India and Pakistan as storm nears
Cyclone Biparjoy, which means ‘disaster’ in Bengali, is expected to make landfall on Thursday eveningMore than…
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Britain to remove Chinese surveillance gear from government sites
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and D…
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Fiji rethinks police deal with China amid rising Pacific tensions
Previous Fijian government signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011 enabling its police officers to underg…
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Glimpse of first North Korean ‘spy satellite’ in new Kim Jong-un pictures
Dictator visits assembly facility as state media says satellite will be ready for loading after final checks K…
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New Zealand government announces billion-dollar cyclone and flood recovery fund
Record-breaking rainfall hit Auckland in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North …
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Paraguay’s Taiwan ties safe as ruling party retains presidency
Santiago Peña of the Colorado party is elected, defeating Efraín Alegre who wanted to switch diplomatic recogn…
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China sanctions US figures after Taiwan president’s talks with House speaker
US thinktank and Reagan Foundation targeted, as well as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, in row over Pr…
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New Zealand may join Aukus pact’s non-nuclear component
Defence minister says government ‘willing to explore’ participating in ‘pillar two’ of defence deal founded by…
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Hong Kong department store removes artwork with hidden ‘political content’
Patrick Amadon, whose work flashed up names from pro-democracy protests, says it had to be taken down ‘to be a…