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Russia’s Economy Slows as Ukrainian Attacks Damage Industry
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Congress Prepares to Investigate; The Administration Strikes Back
As Democrats prepare to take control of both the House and Senate come January, they have not been shy about their intent to resume Congress’ duty to act as a check on the executive branch. That will restore the guardrail that has been wholly absent during Donald Trump’s first two years back in office. Needless to say, that seems to be worrisome to the president. Congress’ power to conduct investigations is an important and expansive one.
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China stages unannounced Pacific drills in ‘silent intimidation’ of Taiwan, officials say
China carried out a large, unannounced military exercise across the western Pacific and around Taiwan in early November, in what officials in Taipei have described as a campaign of “silent intimidation” aimed at pressuring Taiwan and other governments before major international meetings.
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‘Scandal of gigantic proportions’: Congress on Adani slashing Maharashtra power project cost by 99%
Adani Green Energy Limited has sought to sharply revise the cost of its 1,500 megawatt hydropower project in Maharashtra's Satara district downwards to ₹56.75 crore from ₹5,675 crore, a newspaper report said
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Takaichi Faces Xi After a Year of Worsening Japan-China Relations
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Cracking China’s Link in the Fentanyl Supply Chain Fueling the US Opioid Crisis
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In French Election, Centrists Eye a Judo Star and a Central Banker
Centrists want alternatives to a matchup between the far right and far left in the 2027 presidential election. Teddy Riner, the judo champion, is in, while Christine Lagarde is less likely. When Teddy Riner, a judo champion and one of France’s most popular athletes, announced this week that he would run for president, it was less a game changer than a welcome diversion. For all of his appeal, Mr. Riner, 37, is unlikely to win the race to replace President Emmanuel Macron next spring. Yet his quixotic candidacy reveals a hard truth about France’s presidential campaign.
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Japan's Sanae Takaichi to attend APEC in first China trip as PM
This will be Sanae Takaichi's first trip to China since becoming Japan's prime minister in October last year. TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit China next week for the first time since she took office, attending an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, Tokyo said on Friday (Nov 13). The trip comes at a time of particularly fraught relations between the rival nations after Takaichi suggested in November last year that Tokyo may intervene in any attack on the island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.
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As election nears, Spain's Sanchez struggles to rally disillusioned left
MADRID, Nov 13 - When Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election last month, he was betting that anger over housing and fear of the far right would rally all shades of the left behind his Socialists.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify before Congress on Nvidia: US media
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will testify before Congress on the Nvidia scandal, U.S. media reported on Thursday (November 12 2026). U.S. lawmakers have called for clarity on what the administration of President Donald Trump knew about Nvidia chief Jensen Huang's extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. "Secretary Lutnick has proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before the Banking Committee to address their questions," Kristen Eichamer, a spokeswoman for Lutnick, told NBC News. Mr.
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