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The influential sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong, has rejected accusations that her country is engaged in prohibited arms trading with Russia. As reported by state media on Friday, the high-ranking official of the ruling Workers' Party described it as an absurd rumour that was "interwoven with a distorted view and fiction." "We have no intention of exporting our military technical capabilities to any country or releasing them," Kim said. North Korea, which is largely isolated due to its nuclear weapons programme, is internationally accused of supplying weapons and ammun...
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Afghanistan's Taliban have stepped up a major campaign against the cultivation of opium poppies despite widespread protests. In the north-eastern province of Badakhshan, 1,000 hectares of cultivated land have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation, the Islamists' Ministry of Defence reported on X on Thursday. The operation will continue until the poppy-growing land is completely destroyed, it added. According to a UN report from November, the cultivation of opium has decreased by 95% since the Taliban issued a ban in 2022. In a country plagued by war and poverty, the cultivation o...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States has revoked some export licenses that allowed companies such as US chip firm Qualcomm to supply Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Commerce Department confirmed on Wednesday. The move adds pressure on Huawei, which has long been caught in an intense technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington over US fears it could be used for Chinese espionage operations. It came after Republican lawmakers urged President Joe Biden's administration to block all export licenses to the company following the release of a new computer powered by a chipset by US chip giant...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States has revoked certain licenses for exports to Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Commerce Department said, drawing opposition from Beijing on Wednesday. The move came after criticism last month by Republican lawmakers, who urged President Joe Biden's administration to block all export licenses to the company after it released a new laptop powered by a processor by US chip giant Intel. "We continuously assess how our controls can best protect our national security and foreign policy interests, taking into consideration a constantly changing threat environment and ...
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By Mina PEJAKOVIC et Helen ROXBURGH Belgrade (AFP) - Le président serbe Aleksandar Vucic a reçu mercredi avec tous les honneurs son homologue chinois Xi Jinping, venu approfondir les liens économiques et diplomatiques avec l'un des pays européens les plus amicaux à l'égard de Pékin. Le chef d'Etat chinois était arrivé mardi soir à Belgrade après une visite d'Etat en France, étape initiale de la première tournée qu'il effectue en Europe depuis 2019. Accueilli avec faste à Paris, il avait toutefois eu des échanges francs avec le président Emmanuel Macron sur les différends commerciaux ou les lie...
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Australia has called on the European Union to delay new deforestation regulation due to concerns regarding its impact on trade, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said on Tuesday. The new EU regulation, set to come into force on December 30, would see a ban on the import of products such as coffee, wood and beef if forests have been cleared for their production after 2020. The aim of the import ban is to significantly reduce deforestation of rainforests worldwide, including in the Amazon region in South America. Watt said he had contacted the EU commissioner for the environment to outline Austra...
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Washington (AFP) - The US trade deficit was wider than analysts anticipated in March -- hovering close to the biggest in nearly a year -- with exports and imports both declining, according to government data published Thursday. The trade gap came in at $69.4 billion, narrowing slightly from February's $69.5 billion figure -- which had been revised larger, said the Commerce Department. Analysts had expected a figure of $69.0 billion, according to Briefing.com. While consumption has helped to support US trade, economists see trade flows easing ahead with cooler global demand and growth. Elevated...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed points of difference with China regarding unfair trading practices in talks on Thursday with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, US press reports said. Blinken pressed "Chinese officials on a wide range of issues, including its support for Russia, cheap Chinese exports that US officials say threaten American jobs, and Chinese ships' aggressive manoeuvres in the South China Sea," the New York Times reported, citing a senior State Department official. The Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized that China had always implemented economic and trade coop...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed points of difference with China regarding unfair trading practices in talks on Thursday with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, US press reports said. Blinken pressed "Chinese officials on a wide range of issues, including its support for Russia, cheap Chinese exports that US officials say threaten American jobs, and Chinese ships' aggressive manoeuvres in the South China Sea," the New York Times reported, citing a senior State Department official. The Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized that China had always implemented economic and trade coop...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed points of difference with China regarding unfair trading practices in talks on Thursday with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, US press reports said. Blinken pressed "Chinese officials on a wide range of issues, including its support for Russia, cheap Chinese exports that US officials say threaten American jobs, and Chinese ships' aggressive manoeuvres in the South China Sea," the New York Times reported, citing a senior State Department official. The Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized that China had always implemented economic and trade coop...
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