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LONDON | Xinhua | A London-based think tank published a report on Wednesday revealing that Brexit had a more pronounced impact on exports for the smallest United Kingdom (UK) firms compared to medium and large enterprises. Exports to the European Union (EU) dropped by 30 percent for the smallest firms …

ANKARA | TASS |  Syria should not turn into a hotbed of terrorism and the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK, outlawed in Turkey) and the Islamic State terror group (IS, outlawed in Russia) must continue, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “As for Syria, we need to prevent …

MOSCOW | TASS | The perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been detained. He was identified as a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Public Relations Center reported. He confessed to …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | TikTok on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a law that would ban the video-sharing app if ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, doesn’t sell it to a non-Chinese buyer by Jan. 19. “The Act will shutter one of America’s most popular speech platforms the …

  Uganda’s Omedi edged out in race for Puskas goal-of-the-year award Doha, Qatar | AGENCIES | Spain’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 winner Aitana Bonmatí has been named The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior has won The Best FIFA Men’s Player at a star-studded The Best FIFA Football …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejecting reports that Israel had agreed to a “path toward Palestinian statehood” as part of efforts to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia. “Prime Minister Netanyahu has acted …

SAO PAULO, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Sunday at a press conference to “severely punish” those involved in the 2022 coup attempt. “I believe that General Braga has every right to the presumption of innocence,” Lula said, referring to the detained retired general …

LONDON | Xinhua | The United Kingdom officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Sunday, becoming the first European nation to join the Asia-Pacific trade bloc. The 12-country landmark trade agreement is expected to boost the British economy by 2 billion pounds (about 2.52 billion …

  BRASILIA | Xinhua |  Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will seek reelection in 2026, the presidency’s Secretary of Social Communication Paulo Pimenta confirmed on Thursday. In an interview with CNN Brasil, Pimenta assured that the president was in good health following medical interventions to treat a brain …

SEOUL | Xinhua |  South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol did not comply with a summons for today and they will soon issue another order, Yonhap news agency reported. The special prosecution team handling an investigation into Yoon’s botched martial law imposition said it had …