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Xi: China will avoid decoupling amid tension with US, Europe

China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday spurned suggestions that his country might decouple or separate itself from the US and other trading partners amid tension with Washington and Europe over technology and security. Speaking by video link from Beijing to a meeting of Asia-Pacific CEOs,...

Pandemic adds $15 trillion in world debt

In the first three quarters of 2020, global debt increased by $15 trillion to reach $272 trillion as the pandemic forced businesses to shut and pushed people out of jobs. After a large surge in the global debt-to-GDP ratio (from 320% to 362% year-on-year in the first half), the increase in...

Probe finds Aussies killed 39 Afghan civilians

Australian authorities on Thursday finally released probe details into at least 39 incidents of civilian killings by their special forces in Afghanistan. Chief of the Australian Defense Forces Gen. Angus Campbell sought apology from the Afghans as he shared the horrifying details of the...