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China sets ambitious 5 percent growth target for 2024
China today set a growth target of around five percent for 2024, an ambitious objective analysts said would be a challenge to meet given the severe headwinds battering the world's second-largest economy.
The growth objective,…
Trump wins Michigan, Missouri, Idaho caucuses in dominant show of force
Donald Trump on Saturday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election…
Fated to born and die in war
Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried yesterday, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.…
Ukraine using West’s ‘undelivered’ weapons!
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised a full investigation after a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was circulated on Russian social media, in a huge embarrassment for Berlin.
A German defence ministry…
UK PM: Forces here at home trying to tear us apart
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned that Britain's multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracy is being "deliberately undermined" by "forces here at home trying to tear us apart".
The PM made the remarks in a statement he made outside 10…
Biden says ‘hoping’ for Gaza ceasefire deal by Ramadan
US President Joe Biden said Friday he was "hoping" for a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but agreement was still not sealed.
"I'm hoping so, we're still working real hard on it. We're not…
Symbol of Hope’: Russians lay flowers at Navalny grave
Russians queued yetserday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow. Navalny's mother Lyudmila was…
Judge rejects Trump’s $100m bond offer as he appeals $355m penalty
A judge rejected Wednesday former US president Donald Trump's offer of a $100 million bond to partially cover the $355 million penalty a New York court handed him for fraud.
Trump, who built a public profile as a property developer and…
Pakistan lawmakers sworn in after polls marred by rigging claims
Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan's new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging.
Pakistan's February 8 poll took place with ex-prime minister Imran Khan…
At least 24 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal
At least 24 people seeking to reach Europe drowned off northern Senegal when their loaded vessel sank, the governor of the Saint Louis region told AFP on Thursday.
Governor Alioune Badara Samb said 24 bodies had been found since…