MOMBASA, Kenya - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday launched the passenger train service of the 480-km Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).Kenyatta said the railway marks a new chapter in the history of Kenya.The modern railway will replace the meter-gauge railway that was constructed more than 100 years ago during the British colonial rule, Kenyatta said."Today we celebrate the laying of one of the key cornerstones to Kenya's journey of transformation to an industrial, prosperous and middle income country," he said ahead of embarking on the inaugural trip from...
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Premier Li Keqiang urged the European Union on Friday to fulfill the promise made in Article 15 of the protocol on China's accession to the World Trade Organization and properly handle frictions.Li, while co-chairing the 19th China-EU leaders' meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, stressed that Article 15 is a sunset provision, and all sides should precisely fulfill the promise, according to a news release from the Foreign Ministry."That is fulfilling due international responsibility, abiding by international rul...
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President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to Kazakhstan, beginning on Wednesday, is expected to bring more outcomes of cooperation on jointly building the China-proposed Belt and Road, analysts said.At the invitation of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Xi will make a state visit to the country. During the four-day trip, he will also attend the 17th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the opening ceremony of Astana Expo 2017, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Friday.The wide support from the international community for the Belt...
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RIYADH - US President Donald Trump arrived on Saturday in Riyadh as part of a two-day trip to discuss cooperation, especially in counterterrorism, Al Arabila local news reported. He was received by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and he will take part in Gulf and Arabic and Islamic summits to review key regional issues. It is the first foreign visit of Trump since his election as a president of the United States.
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Indonesians and Malaysians were among foreign extremists fighting the army in Mindanao Island, the government said on Friday, in a rare admission that outsiders were collaborating with domestic militant groups. Malaysians and Indonesians were among six killed on Thursday in battles that have raged for three days in Marawi City, where the army has been trying to flush out rebels of the Islamic State group-linked Maute group. The Philippines has deployed attack helicopters and special forces to drive gunmen out of the besieged southern city of 200,000 people, with 11 so...
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