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  • Australia to meet Paris climate targets

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    Australia is on track to meet its carbon emissions target under the Paris Climate accord five years earlier than expected. The country is installing renewable energy & closing down ageing coal plants for electricity. The Paris Agreement is within the United Nations Framework Convention on…

  • New oil fields in South Africa discovered

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    French oil and gas major Total said it had made a significant gas condensate discovery after drilling its Brulpadda prospects on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa. South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)…

  • RBI cuts interest rate

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    The Reserve Bank of India cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, a move likely to please Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he makes a final push for faster economic growth ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution, which…

  • May’s new tour of Brussels

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    Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels to meet European Union leaders on Thursday, February 7th, as she seeks a way to avoid a no-deal Brexit in 50 days’ time. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs employs…

  • Trump’s finance and foreign relations to be investigated

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    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced on Wednesday that a committee would investigate “beyond Russia” whether personal interest was at the core of Presidents Donald Trump’s executive decisions. The United States House Permanent…

  • EU prepares for no-deal Brexit

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    Brussels seems to appear more accommodative of the UK while stepping up preparations for an exit. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs a set of policies for its 28-member states that aim to ensure the free movement of people,…

  • Merkel successor wants EU Army

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    German centre-right leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has called for the creation of a European army in a speech in Brussels that sets out the campaign themes for her CDU party in this year’s elections to the European Parliament. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative..

  • Chinese loan delayed to Sri Lanka

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    A $300 million loan offered by Bank of China to Sri Lanka is facing delays, government officials familiar with the negotiation. The China–Sri Lanka relations refers to bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China and Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. There is a Chinese embassy located in Colombo and a Sri Lankan embassy…

  • The World vs Maduro

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    Along with the US, Canada and a group of Latin American countries, many European nations have recognised Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. These include-France, Spain, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013. Under his leadership…

  • Russian economy outgrows projections

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    Russia’s economy expanded 2.3 per cent last year, growing more quickly than the government and the IMF had predicted, according to state statistics. It has outpaced the growth rates of the EU, the US and the individual economies of France, UK and Italy for FY 2018-19. Russia has an upper-middle income mixed and transition economy…