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All investor eyes on Xi in Europe 2024-05-06
Asiatimes

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to France starting Monday, coupled with stops in Serbia and Hungary, is garnering significant attention from global investors amid escalating trade tensions between China and the European Union (EU). With ongoing EU probes into alleged...

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As China and Iran hunt for dissidents in the US, the FBI is racing to ... 2024-05-06
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s...

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Prosecutors move deeper into Trump’s orbit as testimony in hush money trial enters a third week 2024-05-06
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NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope Hicks, a former White...

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Hard right wants more EU power to reflect likely election gains 2024-05-06
Philenews

From his office in a distant annexe, French right-wing lawmaker Jean-Paul Garraud has his sights set on a spot much closer to the decision-making heart of the European Parliament. The chair of France’s Rassemblement National (RN) lawmakers expects nationalist and eurosceptic parties to surge...

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Hungary and Serbia’s autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China’s Xi during Europe tour 2024-05-06
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe. Following a stop in Paris on Monday to...

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Macron sets Ukraine as top priority as China's Xi Jinping pays a state visit to France 2024-05-06
Hong Kong Standard

French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to press China's Xi Jinping to use his influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine during a two-day state visit to France. Both leaders were also expected to discuss trade disputes over electric cars, cognac and cosmetics....

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Russia blames ‘hostile’ Baltic countries for severing of ties 2024-05-06
Anadolu Agency

Russia accused Baltic countries on Sunday of conduct that led to them severing their relations with Moscow and threatened to respond with asymmetric measures. The Kremlin blamed the "hostility" of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia for the severing of ties. "Because of the openly hostile line of Vilnius,...

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Protests continue as Biden calls for order 2024-05-03
China Daily

As pro-Palestinian protest encampments remain at dozens of US colleges and universities, and more than 2,000 protesters have been arrested, US President Joe Biden said Thursday that "order most prevail'', as "Americans have the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos''. "There should be no...

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Active Clubs: A new far-right threat to democratic elections 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

Across North America and Europe, the far-right Active Clubs movement is expanding at an unprecedented pace, presenting new threats to democratic elections and minorities. With a network of decentralised cells in most states in the United States and European Union member countries, the Active Clubs...

Protests erupt in Georgia as parliament passes 'foreign influence' bill 2024-05-02
Anadolu Agency

Security forces in the former Soviet republic of Georgia intervened against demonstrators on Wednesday who were attempting to besiege parliament while protesting against a controversial "foreign influence" bill. Protests in the capital Tbilisi against the government's "transparency of foreign...

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