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Chinese president calls for building closer Belt and Road partnership

China stands ready to work with all parties to build a closer Belt and Road partnership, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday in a written message to the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation. Xi said the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that …

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Asian Countries Welcome G7’s Answer to China’s One Belt, One Road Program

Bangladesh and nations in Southeast Asia are welcoming the Group of Seven’s new answer to China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, saying it will be another source for financing their burgeoning infrastructure needs. But because the U.S.-led Build Back Better World Partnership (B3W) initiative is scant in details, officials of …

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Warning Shots Fired at British Destroyer in Black Sea, Russia Says

Russian forces said they fired warning shots Wednesday at a British Royal Navy destroyer taking part in a U.S.-led naval exercise in the Black Sea near Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the action was taken because the HMS Defender entered 3 kilometers …

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