Category: 3. World

  • US meat exports at risk as China lets registrations lapse

    US meat exports at risk as China lets registrations lapse

    BEIJING: Export registrations for more than 1,000 US meat plants granted by China under the 2020 “Phase 1” trade deal lapsed on Sunday, China’s customs website showed, threatening US exports to the world’s largest buyer amid an ongoing tariff standoff.
    The registration status for pork, beef and poultry plants across the US, including major producers Tyson Foods, Smithfield Packaged Meats and Cargill Meat Solutions was changed from “effective” to “expired,” according to the…

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  • French-British blueprint doesn’t foresee deploying a ‘mass’ of soldiers in Ukraine: Macron

    French-British blueprint doesn’t foresee deploying a ‘mass’ of soldiers in Ukraine: Macron

    PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has fleshed out some possible missions that could be undertaken by a military support force for Ukraine that Paris and London are working to put together with other nations, in a so-called “coalition of the willing” that could deploy after any ceasefire with Russia.
    Speaking to French media ahead of an online summit that the UK hosted on Saturday, Macron said the French-British blueprint doesn’t aim to deploy a “mass” of soldiers in Ukraine…

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  • Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters

    Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters


    RAWALPINDI: Sheikh Sajid Mahmood, a Pakistani entrepreneur in his late 50s, basks in the winter sunshine after offering Dhuhr prayers at a mosque in the city of Rawalpindi. The tranquil appeal of the place of worship — a spiritual and cultural beacon — draws thousands like Mahmood, particularly during Ramadan.


    Surrounded by busy markets and towering buildings, the Markazi Jamia Masjid, or central grand mosque, is an architectural marvel in Pakistan that not…

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  • Ivory Coast is losing US aid as Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups are approaching

    Ivory Coast is losing US aid as Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups are approaching

    KIMBIRILA-NORD, Ivory Coast: With its tomato patches and grazing cattle, the Ivory Coast village of Kimbirila-Nord hardly looks like a front line of the global fight against extremism. But after jihadis attacked a nearby community in Mali five years ago and set up a base in a forest straddling the border, the US committed to spending $20 million to counter the spread of Al-Qaeda and the Daesh group here and in dozens of other villages.

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