In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Feb.…
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A t the end of January the HBO TV show The Last of Us was heralded for having produced one of the greatest single episodes of a series of all time.…
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The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has accused the west of “appeasing” Beijing and has claimed credit for rallying other countries to “call out the bullying of the Chinese ­government”.…
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Advocates for a Chinese journalist and activist who has been held in detention without trial for almost 18 months have said she needs urgent medical attention.
Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing, a labour rights activist, were detained in September 2021 an…

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, expects to pay monetary policies to settle U.S. regulatory and law enforcement investigations of its business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an interview with the company's ch…

A tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas is moored at the floating terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on Jan. 3.Sina Schuldt/The Associated Press
Europe’s growing need for liquefied natural gas will boost competition with Asia for LNG over the next …

Russia plans to make its own Viagra after US drug firm halts supplies
Russia has moved closer to producing its own stock of Viagra after the US pharmaceutical company which makes the drug pressed pause on supplies, the Washington Post has reported.&#82…

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Cheap Russian wheat offered despite political risk
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Corn follows wheat down
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Everyone knows someone who is afraid of spiders, heights or flying. However, some people develop more unusual phobias, such as a fear of balloons or bananas. A banana may sound harmless to someone without a fear of them, but phobias are serious busines…

A Chinese "spy" balloon that was shot down over the US was likely heading to Guam and then Hawaii, a US official has said.
What the US has described as a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast on 4 February…

Long ago, in May 1960, an American U-2 spy plane took off from Pakistan to fly at high altitude across the Soviet Union as part of a mission to photograph key facilities and military sites on behalf of the CIA.…
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Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after a large build in U.S. crude inventories but continued to trade in a narrow range as hopes for a Chinese demand recovery remained in focus.…
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China's First Integrated Methanol-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen Refueling Service Station Now in Operation
DALIAN, China, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, “Sinopec”) officially launched China’s first …

As head coach Steve Cooper contends with a significant injury list, the importance of Nottingham Forest's recruitment in the summer and in January has been underlined as the Reds fight to retain their Premier League status.…
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China had warned of retaliation over the downing of a balloon earlier this month, but the latest salvo in tension-filled U.S.-Sino relations is coming over arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing is imposing sanctions on Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and a subsidia…

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The Congressional Budget Office yesterday said the US Department of the Treasury will exhaust its ability to pay all its bills sometime between July and September, unless the $31.4tn cap on borrowing is raised or suspended.…
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For Congressman Ro Khanna, the best part of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last Tuesday came within the first 10 minutes. Touting the creation of 800,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office, the president boasted that the revitalization of …

Seoul declared North Korea an "enemy" for the first time in six years in a new defense white paper released Thursday. Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (UPI) — South Korea labeled North Korea's regime and military an "e…

Beijing — China on Thursday imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its terri…

HONG KONG, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said on Thursday it was making some personnel adjustments after a media report said that the Chinese tech company was laying off staff in its recently formed "extended reality" …

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Wall Street futures were steady early Thursday with a strong reading on U.S. retail sales helping buoy optimism about the broader economy. Major European markets were higher. TSX futures were little changed.…
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