
NZ election frontrunner backs Chinese cash for roads
Sydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 - The leader of New Zealand's political opposition said Friday he would absolutely accept money from China to fund new roads if his party wins October's general election.
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Sydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 - The leader of New Zealand's political opposition said Friday he would absolutely accept money from China to fund new roads if his party wins October's general election.
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited a combat zone in Ukraine to inspect a command post and meet senior military officers, the army said Friday.
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - Russia has enlisted over 230,000 additional personnel into the army since the start of the year, Moscow's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - Asian markets fluctuated Thursday following a plunge on Wall Street as a forecast-beating US jobs report revived worries about the Federal Reserve's interest rate-hiking campaign.
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Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - Two serving members of the US Navy have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday that it detained an armed forces official accused of helping draft-age men flee the country in exchange for a cash payment.
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Washington DC (UPI) Aug 3, 2023 - Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on espionage charges and are accused of passing military secrets to China, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Aug 3, 2023

Bogota (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday met leaders of the ELN guerrilla group in Bogota for the first time, as a six-month ceasefire came into force.
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Madrid, Spain (SPX) Aug 03, 2023 - Hisdesat, the Spanish government satellite operator, has announced that the first satellite in the SPAINSAT NG programme, SpainSat NG-I, will be ready for launch in summer of 2024 after confirming t
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Beirut (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 - The Islamic State group announced on Thursday the death of its leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, who it said was killed in clashes in northwestern Syria, and named a successor.
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London (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 - British military equipment maker BAE Systems on Wednesday announced a 57 percent jump in net profits for the first half of this year as government defence spending increases amid the war in Ukraine.
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Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 - Germany's armed forces are facing major problems in attracting new recruits, the defence minister said Wednesday, as Berlin seeks to overhaul its creaking military following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Washington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2023 - The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party launched an investigation into two lucrative New York-based global investment firms suspected of funneling U.S. dollars into blacklisted Chinese companies.
Aug 2, 2023

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 - Asian and European markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as the wind came out of the latest rally, with traders jolted by the downgrade of US sovereign debt, soft economic data and concerns about elevated valuations.
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Paris (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 - More than 100 medical journals across the world issued a rare joint call on Thursday for urgent action to eliminate nuclear weapons, warning that the threat of nuclear catastrophe was great and growing.
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