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Trump threatens national emergency as Democrats squeeze wall funds
15 Feb 2019
Democrats are proposing a tech wall to secure the US border, a move that would enrich tech and military contractors like Raytheon, Amazon, and the likes of Geo Group while extending civil rights violations through fresh surveillance
New US development finance agency to curb Chinese influence
13 Feb 2019
The US International Development Finance Corporation, which has a corpus of $60 billion, will be able to make equity investments in the private sector overseas, according to a US government official
British premier May in hectic talks on Brexit
31 Jan 2019
With barely two months for the March 29 deadline for Britain to leave the EU, hectic efforts are on to stave a crisis
UAE extends $3 bn loan to Pakistan
23 Jan 2019
Trump warns Pelosi as Democrats dump his truce offer on immigrants
21 Jan 2019
Trump said there would be "no big push" to remove the 11 million people in the country illegally, “but be careful, Nancy!" he said, even as immigration officials warned of a new group of about 400 Hondurans - the fourth since 13 October - heading north on Saturday
UK PM Theresa May survives no-confidence vote
17 Jan 2019
With May ruling out a second Brexit vote and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insisting on an alternative plan, the road now opens for a general election
Theresa May faces trust vote as MPs reject Brexit deal
16 Jan 2019
While May still expects to come out of a `no-confidence’ vole, a 'no' vote would spell out further uncertainty and turmoil for Britain, which looks to exit the EU in 73 days' time
Pakistan to scrap major CPEC power project
15 Jan 2019
The decision to scrap the 1,320 MW Rahim Yar Khan power project was taken to avoid over capacity, after the CEPC projects added $28.43 to Pakistan’s overseas debt and brought about a $39.83 billion repayment obligation over the next 20 years
China's 2018 trade surplus with US peaks to $323.32 bn
14 Jan 2019
Beijing’s exports have been more resilient to tariffs compared to US exports helping China to raise its exports to US by 11.3 per cent while US exports to China grew at a mere 0.7 per cent in the whole of 2018
Theresa May loses parliament vote on no-deal Brexit
09 Jan 2019
While the vote means Britain cannot exit the European Union without a deal, some Brexit supporters say a no-deal exit is the only way to truly leave the block
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