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Putin applauds China's desire to help end Ukraine war
The Telegraph India 20 Mar 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday welcomed China's willingness to play a "constructive role" in ending the war in Ukraine, saying relations between Moscow and Beijing were "at the highest point." ... Advertisement ... Beijing said Xi is hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as it seeks to position itself as a peacemaker ... .
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China warns against traveling out of Central African Republic capital after killings
Arab News 20 Mar 2023
China’s embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid traveling outside the capital, Bangui, after a report that nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a gold mine outside the city ... according to a report from Agence France-Presse.
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Macron faces no-confidence votes over hated pension reforms
CNN 20 Mar 2023
Macron’s government is likely to survive although the anger against the reforms shows no sign of ending ... On Friday, French lawmakers filed two motions of no-confidence against the Prime Minister – one from a grouping of small parties, and one from National Rally, a far-right party ... “There will be no majority for these votes of no confidence ... .
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Former president Ma to be first Taiwan leader to visit China since 1948
Hindustan Times 20 Mar 2023
(AP File Photo) ... “The mainland welcomes the visit of Mr ... “Ma, who remains a senior member of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) opposition party, held a landmark meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore in late 2015, shortly before current Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen was elected,” Reuters reported from Taipei ... ....
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Putin's Trip To Mariupol Was 'Laughable', UK's Former Nato Representative Says
Huffington Post 20 Mar 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, in this still image taken from a Kremlin handout video released on March 19, 2023. Vladimir Putin’s overnight drive around the destroyed city of Mariupol was “laughable”, according to the UK’s former Nato representative ... Lord Ricketts, though, was not so convinced ... .
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Why a Trump indictment would have huge political and national implications
CNN 20 Mar 2023photo: AP / Frank Augstein
Investors say banking crisis far from over even after UBS’s Credit Suisse deal
The Times of India 20 Mar 2023
“Bloomberg reports the gunslingers who foolishly kept holding Credit Suisse’s bail-in bonds are angry they are being wiped out ... “Members of my investment team met with a very significant asset allocator last Wednesday, who reported that ALL of their ‘distressed debt’ managers ...
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North Korea's Kim leads 'nuclear counterattack' simulation drill
Urdu Point 20 Mar 2023
Seoul, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Mar, 2023 ) .North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack", including the launch of a ballistic missile, state media reported Monday ... South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
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ICC to plead for extra money to pursue Russian war crimes in Ukraine
The Guardian 20 Mar 2023photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill
Spanish teenager Alcaraz dethrones Djokovic to become world number one
Khaleejtimes 20 Mar 2023
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz snapped Daniil Medvedev's 19-match win streak with a 6-3 6-2 rout in the Indian Wells Masters final on Sunday that will see him leapfrog Novak Djokovic and return to world number one in the rankings ... "I'm playing great. Of course today, the conditions today were pretty tough ... "The ankle, the thumb, the tennis, wind, whatever ... .
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SpaceX’s Starlink devices found in illegal mining sites in the Amazon
Egypt Independent 20 Mar 2023
Starlink are small, easy-to-use satellite dishes made by Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX ... IBAMA/AP ... A report by the Brazilian NGO Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), based on satellite imaging, found that mines on Yanomami land had risen from four in 2015 to 1,556 by the end of 2021 ... Previous reporting from CNN’s Tara John and Rodrigo Pedroso. .
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9 Chinese killed as Central African Republic rebels storm Chimbolo gold mine
India TV 19 Mar 2023
Suspected rebels stormed a Chinese-operated gold mining site that had recently been launched in Central African Republic, killing nine Chinese nationals and wounding two others Sunday, authorities said ... The mining site's launch had taken place just days earlier, he added. Manhunt underway ... No one has claimed responsibility ... (With inputs from AP) ... ....
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Putin Visits Mariupol as Part of Surprise Tour of Occupied Ukraine
Hamodia 19 Mar 2023photo: AP / Thoko Chikondi
Malawi president asks for help after cyclone damages half of country
The Observer 20 Mar 2023
“This demonstrates that climate change issues are real and we are standing right in the path of it,” said Chakwera, who added that the climate crisis had the potential to keep “a national like Malawi in perpetual poverty” ... “We need everyone’s help and support for this tragedy to be mitigated,” he said. “We are suffering and we can’t meet the needs ... .
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War-scarred Iraq in uncertain future
Manila Standard 20 Mar 2023
BAGDAD—Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, but no official celebrations are planned. The oil-rich country remains traumatized from the years of war, occupation and bloody sectarian turmoil that followed the operation launched on March 20, 2003 ... ‘Shock and awe’ ... ....