China joins Russia in staying away from Syria talks
Lavrov dismisses West’s idea to offer Assad a
haven in exile in Russia as a joke:
SYRIA: China joined Russia on Thursday in
boycotting a meeting aimed at coordinating efforts to stop the
killing in Syria, where three senior army officers were among the
latest to be killed. Moscow confirmed that some Western countries
had asked it to offer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a haven in
exile, saying it had dismissed the idea as a joke.
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US complains to WTO over ‘unfair’ Chinese duties
‘China must play
by the rules of the global trading system’:
US: The United States said Thursday it had
lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization over “unfair”
Chinese duties on cars from the US, adding fresh fuel to bilateral
trade tensions.
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UN calls for ‘billionaires tax’ to help poor
The United Nations on Thursday called for a tax
on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor
countries. An annual lump sum payment by the super-rich is one of a
host of measures including a tax on carbon dioxide emissions,
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