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U.S. Justice Dept sues over Baltimore bridge collapse, seeks 100 mln USD in cleanup costs
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse, seeking to recover more than 100 million ...
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Urgent: U.S. Fed slashes rates by 50 basis points, first rate cut in four years
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by 50 basis points amid cooling inflation and a weakening labor market, marking the first rate cut in over ...
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U.S. Fed slashes rates by 50 basis points, first rate cut in four years
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by 50 basis points amid cooling inflation and a weakening labor market, marking the first rate cut in over ...
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Feature: Zimbabwe partners with WFP to fight hunger, enhance climate resilience amid El Nino-induced drought
HARARE, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- As Zimbabwe grapples with one of its worst El Nino-induced droughts in decades, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has stepped up food aid distribution in the ...
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Roundup: With Washington's deep bias, Blinken's Mideast visit unlikely to yield results: Egyptian experts
CAIRO, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on his 10th diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Egyptian political ...
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Syria says U.S. exploits "democracy" for global subjugation
"The West continues to exploit the notion of promoting and protecting democracy as a tool to subjugate nations and break the will of their people," the ministry stated, singling out Washington's ...
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Hungarian FM calls to speed up accession process for Western Balkans
BUDAPEST, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) accession process for the Western Balkan countries must be accelerated, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said here ...
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Ukraine allocates additional 11.96 bln USD for defense
KIEV, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament voted on Wednesday to allocate an additional 495.3 billion hryvnias (about 11.96 billion U.S. dollars) for defense, the country's Finance Ministry ...
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Arab-Islamic ministerial committee holds coordination meeting on Gaza
AMMAN, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- An Arab-Islamic ministerial committee for Gaza held a coordination meeting here on Wednesday to discuss efforts to stop the war in Gaza and support the recognition of the ...
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South Sudan's peace monitors approve two-year extension of transitional period
JUBA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The extension of the transitional period for the South Sudanese administration and the postponement of national elections for two years was approved by a monitoring ...
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2 killed, 10 injured in paramilitary forces' artillery attack on Sudanese city
KHARTOUM, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday in an artillery shelling attack by paramilitary forces on Omdurman city, north of the capital Khartoum, ...
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Netherlands seeks opt-out from EU asylum rules
THE HAGUE, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands has formally requested an opt-out from the European Union (EU)'s asylum rules, Dutch Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber said Wednesday.