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Society
South Africans celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside hospital
People celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside the hospital where he is treated in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 18, 2013. South African former president Mandela is steadily improving, according to the Presidency website update released on Thursday. “Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his…
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East Asia
Swiss President Maurer visits China and pledges to boost cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Swiss President Ueli Maurer on Thursday respectively, and pledged to boost cooperation between the two countries in an all-around way. During his meeting with Maurer, Xi said the China-Switzerland relationship has been in the vanguard of ties between China and the West. He…
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East Asia
Panama charges N. Korean ship crew with carrying weaponry from Cuba
Panama has filed charges against the crew of a North Korean ship seized as it tried to pass through the Panama Canal while carrying obsolete weaponry from Cuba hidden under bags of sugar, possibly in violation of U.N. sanctions. Ramon Lopez, operations director for Panama’s National Aeronautics Service, said authorities…
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South East Asia
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein visits France to seek support and investment
French President Francois Hollande met his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein for talks to cement ties between their two countries here on Wednesday. Thein Sein is paying his first state visit to France after ending his official trip to Britain, with an aim to seek further support and investment from western…
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Australian start-up creates marketplace connecting freelancers and publishers
Australian start-up, Newsmodo, creates marketplace connecting freelancers and publishers Rakhal Ebeli, a former journalist and Network Ten presenter has developed a web based media marketplace called Newsmodo that connects media organizations with freelance contributors including journalists, photographers, camera operators and other media professionals. Newsmodo allows for freelancers to access real…
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World
Dead-end diplomacy: America’s failed sanctions on Iran
[Editor’s Note] Under President Barack Obama, the US has imposed the most comprehensive unilateral sanctions regime in history against Iran, despite Washington’s insistence that it is also pursuing diplomatic efforts to resolve differences over Iran’s nuclear program. While the sanctions are having a devastating impact on Iran’s economy, there are…
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South Asia
Malala addresses at UN’s first Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on the world stage at the United Nations, defiantly telling Taliban extremists who tried to end her campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan with a bullet that the attack gave her new courage and demanding that world leaders provide free education to all children.…
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East Asia
China-US start annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington
The fifth round of the China-U. S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) started here on Wednesday, as the two-day event will see leading officials from more than 20 departments and ministries of both countries talk on a wide range of topics covering political, security, economic and financial issues. Acting as…
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East Asia
N. Korea repeats demand for dissolution of UN Command on Korean Peninsula
A senior diplomat of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday reiterated his country’s demand for the dissolution of the UN Command on the Korean Peninsula. The so-called “United Nations Command”, that “has nothing to do with the UN”, should be dissolved and the name of UN and…
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East Asia
New Zealand signs Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan in low-key ceremony
New Zealand on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement with Taiwan in a deliberately low-key ceremony designed to demonstrate the South Pacific nation’s fealty to its formal relations with mainland China. The location of the signing ceremony at a university and the absence of senior officials from either side underscored…
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