日: 2025-02-04

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China has reacted in kind to Trump’s tariffs, but a deal may still emerge

Beijing will defend its core interests, but its initial response is more cautious than when Trump imposed levies in 2018Moments after Donald Trump introduced tariffs of 10% on Chinese goods, Beijing retaliated with countermeasures.China’s finance minis…

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‘People fear eating, drinking and going outside’: anxiety stalks Indian village after mystery illness kills 17 people

Initial suspicions of food poisoning have been ruled out but the authorities are taking no chances as they wait for lab results in the search for a cause“My daughter came to me, tugging at my shirt, and asked, ‘Baba, if we drink water, will we die too?…

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Taliban minister ‘forced to flee Afghanistan’ after speech in support of girls’ education

Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, left for UAE after criticising ban on secondary school and higher education for girlsA senior Taliban minister who expressed support for reversing the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan a…

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