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China’s growth must be at least 6.5%, says President Xi Jinping

President Xi Jinping has said that China needs at least 6.5% economic growth in coming years to become “moderately prosperous”. The ruling Communist Party also...

Volkswagen ‘cheated for second time on emissions tests’

The US government has said German car giant Volkswagen cheated on emissions tests for a second time. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the firm...

Uber driver jailed for raping female passenger

An Uber driver has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a passenger in his vehicle in New Delhi last year. The judge had...

Claim that ‘Islamic State’ caused plane crash ‘propaganda’, says Egypt president

Claims by the so-called 'Islamic State' group that it caused a Russian passenger plane to crash, killing all 224 people on board, are “propaganda”...

Death toll from Romania nightclub fire rises to 32

The death toll from a fire at a nightclub in Romania has risen to 32 after a 28-year-old woman died of injuries she sustained...

Obama: No frontline role for US troops in Syria

US president Barack Obama has said America will not put its troops on the front line in Syria to fight the Islamic State group...

Egypt plane crash ’caused by a mechanical impact’ mid-air

A top official at Metrojet, the Russian airline company whose flight crashed Saturday in Egypt, has insisted that a technical fault could not have...

Troops drive Boko Haram out of school building

Nigerian troops have driven Boko Haram extremists out of an abandoned north-eastern primary school in a shootout that killed four militants. Insurgents were using the...

Police question Romanian nightclub owners after fire kills 30

Three nightclub owners are suspected of manslaughter and involuntary bodily harm over a fire that killed 30 and injured 180, Romanian prosecutors said. The three...

China to prosecute former Xinjiang Party newspaper editor

China plans to prosecute the former editor of the official Communist Party newspaper in the restive north-western region of Xinjiang, with the party’s watchdog...

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