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* Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on November 8 said the European Union (EU) had no reason to worry and put into question the country's economic forecasts for the next two years. * Senior diplomats from India, Iran, China, the United States, Pakistan and some other regional countries will attend regional countries consultations in Russia on Afghanistan on November 9. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has also decided to send a delegation of the government-sponsored High Peace Council to the meeting. * The US Federal Reserve on Thursday left key interest rates unchanged (at 2 to 2.25 percent), in line with market expectations, keeping the central bank on track to have one more rate hike in December. * Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne held the fifth China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue in Beijing on Thursday, with both officials vowing to promote bilateral ties on the basis of mutual trust and win-win results. * … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: November 9

* Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen left Phnom Penh early Wednesday (October 17) for a nine-day European tour that will take him to Belgium, Turkey and Switzerland. * Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday reiterated China's commitment to free trade and economic globalization while meeting with Stephen Perry, chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club in Beijing. * Venezuela on October 16 said it would use the euro, yuan or other convertible currency instead of the US$ as the hard currency of choice for international and currency exchange transactions. * The state-owned Indian Railways will run as many as 40 special trains over the next one month to meet the passenger rush during the ongoing festive season in the country, officials said Wednesday. * The total death toll caused by Hurricane Michael has jumped to 26 after police in the US state of Florida said on October 16 that another 12 bodies have been discovered, with dozens still unaccounted for. Analysts have put the total … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 17

* The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has placed 13 districts under red warning as Hurricane Leslie is moving towards the continental territory late on October 13. * Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on October 13 slammed the nearly six-decade US economic blockade on the island, saying Washington's policy is "the main obstacle" for the country's development. Diaz-Canel added that the policy is "the main obstacle for the nation's development" and called for it to end. * Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday that Iran will keep its military advisory presence in Syria as long as the Syrian government demands it, Press TV reported. * The final round of Czech Senate elections ended on October 13 with 25 of the 81 upper house seats being contested. The new Senate will meet for its constituent session in mid-November. * Former Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim returned to the political center stage after winning a by-election to … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 14

* The death toll from multiple strong quakes and an ensuing tsunami in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province jumped to 1,944 as of Sunday as the search and rescue operation is expected to be completed on Thursday, military and disaster agency officials said. * The Asian Development Outlook 2018, published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has updated Myanmar's estimate economic figures, saying that the country's growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) is 6.6 percent for 2018, and seven percent for 2019. * Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo exchanged views on the Korean Peninsula issue on Saturday and agreed to continue cooperation in this regard. * The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday spoke highly of the friendly relations between the DPRK and China on the 69th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. * India successfully conducted a night trial of its indigenously … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 7

* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on August 31 regretted the United States' decision to end aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). * Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday (September 1) held talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in Beijing and the two leaders agreed to jointly advance the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership for greater development in the new era. * The US military said it has made a final decision to cancel US$300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad's perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties. * US President Donald Trump said on September 1 there was no need to keep Canada in the North American Free Trade Agreement and warned Congress not to meddle with the trade negotiations or he would terminate the trilateral trade pact altogether. * France, Italy, Britain and the United States on September … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: September 2