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China’s booming new Silk Road trade hits $1.34 TRILLION

China’s booming new Silk Road trade hits .34 TRILLION China’s trade with countries participating in its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been expanding and totaled 9.27 trillion yuan ($1.34 trillion) in 2019, customs data shows. It has outpaced the country’s aggregate trade growth by 7.4 percentage points, according to the data. More than $60 billion in investments have been promised under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said Zou Zhiwu, vice minister of the General Administration of Customs. Also on rt.com China signs nearly 200 deals for new Silk Road projects & eyes further expansion CPEC which connects China’s Xinjiang region with Pakistan’s Gwadar port is regarded as the fla...

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Constitution & citizens’ rights to define the use of international law on Russian soil – Putin

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Constitution & citizens’ rights to define the use of international law on Russian soil – Putin Vladimir Putin has proposed a major amendment ensuring that provisions of international law can only be applied in Russia if they don’t come into conflict with the constitution or abuse rights and liberties of Russian citizens. “I believe that the time has come to make some changes to the basic law of the country, which directly guarantees the priority of the Russian constitution in our legal environment,” President Putin said as he delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address on Wednesday. In some cases, Russia’s governing document may be placed above international legislation, he explained. This literally means the following: the requirements of...

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Resigned PM Medvedev to become deputy head of Russia’s Security Council

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Resigned PM Medvedev to become deputy head of Russia’s Security Council Vladimir Putin offered the outgoing chairman of the government, Dmitry Medvedev, the position of deputy head of the Security Council after the surprise resignation of the Russian prime minister on Wednesday. Medvedev has agreed to take up the role, in which he’ll oversee defense and security issues. The Security Council is a consultative body which is chaired by the president himself. It consists of several ministers, representatives of the parliament, and law enforcement, and is tasked with assisting the head of state in working out the most important decisions on national security. The prime minister announced his government’s resignation shortly after the president’s state of...

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Too early to say ceasefire in Libya has collapsed – Turkish defense minister

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Too early to say ceasefire in Libya has collapsed – Turkish defense minister Turkey said on Wednesday it was too early to say whether a ceasefire in Libya had collapsed after Khalifa Haftar, commander of eastern Libyan forces, failed to sign a binding truce accord this week. Russo-Turkish talks in Moscow have aimed to halt Haftar’s nine-month campaign to seize the Libyan capital Tripoli from forces aligned with the internationally recognized government of Fayez al-Sarraj. “We cannot say that the ceasefire has collapsed, it’s much too early for such an interpretation,” Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told reporters in Ankara. He added that Ankara was awaiting the outcome of diplomacy by Moscow, Reuters reports. Turkey backs Sarraj’s government. Turkey has sent a training a...

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Russian government resigns, announces PM Medvedev, following President Putin's State-of-the-Nation Address

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Russian government resigns, announces PM Medvedev, following President Putin's State-of-the-Nation Address Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the government is resigning. The statement came shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address. Accepting the resignation, Putin asked the ministers to function as a caretaker government until a new one is formed. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Russian government resigns, announces PM Medvedev, following President Putin's State-of-the-Nation Address

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Want a free trade deal with the US? Then align with Washington not Brussels on foreign policy, former Trump aide tells BoJo

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Want a free trade deal with the US? Then align with Washington not Brussels on foreign policy, former Trump aide tells BoJo A former aide to US President Donald Trump, Richard Goldberg, has warned British PM Boris Johnson that if the UK wants a free trade agreement with the US, then he’ll need to follow Washington and not Brussels on foreign policy. In an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday, Iran hawk Richard Goldberg – who recently stepped down from his role on the National Security Council following his part in ramping up US tensions with Tehran – ostensibly issued Johnson a veiled threat. Goldberg suggested that Johnson think long and hard about the UK’s position on the Iran nuclear deal and foreign policy more generally. He insisted that in...

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'Roger and Rafa are selfish': Canadian ace rips into Federer and Nadal as Australian Open bushfires row rages on

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'Roger and Rafa are selfish': Canadian ace rips into Federer and Nadal as Australian Open bushfires row rages on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been accused of not doing more to help fellow tennis players struggling in the smoke during qualifying for the Australian Open. The Grand Slam in Melbourne has been hit by smoke from the bushfires raging across Australia, with complaints over the air quality that players are competing in. On Tuesday, Slovenia’s Dalila Jakupovic was forced to quit midway through her qualifying match after suffering a coughing fit on court, blaming it on the “unhealthy” conditions. Also on rt.com ‘Never experienced anything like it’: Australian Open chiefs slammed as Slovenian star COLL...

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Pigs will fly: Animal carcass hurled into millionaire’s pool from chopper in apparent prank (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

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Pigs will fly: Animal carcass hurled into millionaire’s pool from chopper in apparent prank (GRAPHIC VIDEO) Argentinian fashion tycoon Federico Álvarez Castillo has fallen victim to a disgraceful prank after shocking footage showing a pig carcass being dropped from a helicopter into the swimming pool of his holiday home went viral. Footage of the extraordinary incident has been widely shared on social media, prompting the fashion tycoon behind the Etiqueta Negra brand, who also dabbles in property development, to denounce the cruel prank on Instagram. Castillo and his circle of friends were subjected to an avalanche of criticism after the galling video first emerged. WARNING: This footage may disturb some viewers. ...

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‘More powers, more responsibilities’: Putin proposes granting parliament power to choose PM & form government

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‘More powers, more responsibilities’: Putin proposes granting parliament power to choose PM & form government Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed granting parliament more powers to nominate key government officials, adding that the president will not be able to reject their picks. Under the current law, the president nominates the candidate for prime minister, who then must be approved by the lower house of parliament, the State Duma. In his annual state-of-the-nation address on Wednesday, Putin proposed to change this by “allowing the State Duma not only to approve but to choose” the PM. Under his plan, the prime minister would then present parliament with the candidacies of the deputy prime ministers and government ministers, which the p...

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‘Verify the source’: Pakistani actress calls out journalist for using movie clip as ‘evidence’ of people refusing polio drops

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‘Verify the source’: Pakistani actress calls out journalist for using movie clip as ‘evidence’ of people refusing polio drops Pakistani movie star Mehwish Hayat has set the record straight after a clip from one of her films was used by a journalist to suggest that a mother had refused to allow her children to be vaccinated for polio. Journalist and author Tarek Fatah caught the attention of Twitter after posting a clip which appeared to show a woman quarreling with volunteers who had offered polio drops to her children. “Pakistani mother slams the door shut in the face of Polio workers. Screams at the two female volunteers: ‘I will never ever allow my children to take these drops’,” the Pakistan-Canadian writer wrote in his tweet. His provocative po...

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