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Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily During a recent visit to Washington DC, Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada once again described China as a “rule-breaker” on the issues of the East China Sea and South China Sea. Inada proposed that Japan hold more joint patrols and military exercises with the
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Bengaluru, India
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LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 14, 2016 – Renewable power generation costs are already lower on average worldwide than those of fossil fuels and clean energy plants will become even more cost-competitive by 2020, a new sensitivity analysis published by the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds. “Policy-makers and investors really need to question
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Two recent developments threaten to cause further strain on the Saudi-US relations. The first is a bill allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts. It passed the House and Senate by a voice vote, and would give families of 9/11 victims the
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Nominations for African of the Year close on September 30, 2016 The opportunity for nominating candidates for the African of the Year 2016 award, which is promoted by Media Trust Limited in Nigeria, will end in on Friday, September 30, 2016, barely two weeks for now. Media Trust Limited, with
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Bengaluru, India
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 14, 2016 – During the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) held in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for business cooperation with Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK) on Saturday, August 27, 2016. The signed LOI covers
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 14, 2016 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on September 8, 2016 in Abidjan, approved two grants of US $1 million each, to Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau as emergency assistance to support the implementation of National Preparedness and Response
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Oromo marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa does not expect a hero’s welcome in Ethiopia, despite winning Silver at the Rio Olympics last month. Instead he’s claimed that the Ethiopian government will have him killed for crossing his wrists in a ‘X’ above his head as he neared the finish
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In The End of China Inc?, Al Jazeera’s 101 East travels to Shenfu, one of hundredsof new cities in China built during the boom years that are now deserted. Scores of abandoned high-rise buildings stretch for kilometres - a ghost town of epic proportions. Presenter and senior reporter Steve
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In a bizarre move the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has defended UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen is not �in clear breach� of international humanitarian law, despite turning the country into rubble and killing more than 10,000 civilians including over 2000
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Bengaluru, India