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UK sanctions Iranian officials over plot to kill journalists

Germany's Scholz calls for completion of EU capital markets union

Taiwan reports Chinese 'combat patrols' ahead of China-US talks

Milei's Argentina 'omnibus' bill faces gauntlet after clearing first hurdle

Analysis - Wall Street maps out 2024 election impact as Trump vs Biden looks likely

Trudeau meets to rally ministers, lawmakers around key issues as reelection support sags

Jordan's PM urges US to take lead in ending Gaza "carnage"

Slovak parliament chief confirms presidential bid, facing ex-foreign minister

Thai PM: 'digital wallet' handout scheme may be delayed

Bellwether English town disenchanted with PM Sunak's Conservatives

Analysis-China's ageing population threatens switch to new economic growth model

Pacific nations meet in China to discuss naval issues

Venezuela economy grew 5% in 2023, will reach 8% this year-Maduro

Polish court sets higher bar for bringing cbank governor before State Tribunal

France's Macron and new PM Attal craft new government

UK's Rwanda asylum legislation to return to parliament next week

Japan to expand FY2024/25 budget reserves for earthquake aid

Bangladesh PM faces tougher, more uncertain new term, analysts say

Nigeria's Tinubu suspends humanitarian minister facing financial probe

China to conduct live firing drills in East China Sea on Jan 8-9

Israel cabinet slated to vote on 2024 war budget this week -Finance Minister

China to tackle safety risks after year of accidents, disasters

China's Xi sends condolences to Iran president on 'terrorist attack'

Chinese official urges Taiwan's people to make 'correct choice' on election

Australia PM considers extra inflation relief as families struggle

Philippines hopeful of exiting global money laundering 'grey list'

Brazil's Haddad unveils set of tax tweaks to ensure balanced public accounts

Former China central bank official jailed for 16 years for graft - Caixin

Ukraine, without foreign aid, may postpone pension indexation - minister

China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment

Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China'

Taiwan expands Russian sanctions to stop tech being used for arms

Russia short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist - Izvestia

Argentine president calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress to speed up reforms

Ukraine says it received last tranche of EU's 18 billion euro aid package

Factbox-Main elements of fiscal reforms agreed by EU governments

EU's Jourova welcomes Polish government plans to fix rule of law issues

Egypt faces painful choices after Sisi's re-election

Thousands of Slovaks continue protesting government's criminal law reforms