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19th Mar 2024

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Germany and China to sign pact on finance cooperation

German minister of finance, Olaf Scholz, is set to sign a pact during a two-day visit to China on Friday opening the market for financial services. Germany hopes to become the new centre for renminbi-denominated financial products in Europe, when the UK leaves the European Union. German chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed a EU-China summit during Germany's 2020 EU presidency,

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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