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China will position itself as free trade’s new champion at an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, with the Communist government seeking to project economic leadership as a US -led Pacific Rim trade pact languishes under President-elect Donald Trump.

President-elect Trump released a video laying out actions he would take on his first day in office on January 20, including his announcement of a full withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership by presidential executive order.

New Zealand have snapped their four-Test losing streak in comprehensive fashion, easing to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan in Christchurch.

About two dozen protesters stood outside the entrance of a building hosting the latest State Board of Elections hearing on contested ballots in the North Carolina’s governor’s race. Cooper, meanwhile, has a chorus of Democrats in the state asking McCrory to concede...

If Donald Trump turns his back on Asian economies, China is ready and willing to step into the vacuum.

A massive undersea quake that hit in March 2011 unleashed a tsunami that left more than 18,500 people dead or missing, and sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper is asking a federal ethics watchdog for more information about how the government will handle potential conflicts of interest in President-elect Donald Trump‘s administration.

“It remains to be seen if Trump would escalate against Iran in such a fashion, but the message he sent early on is that the USA will not feel as constrained by the JCPOA to respond to the rest of Iran’s non-nuclear threats”. Vice President-elect Mike Pence vowed...

In his own style, Naidu said the campaign by Modi in India is not about the Prime Minister but about “Making of Developed India” (MODI).

Philip Hammond has received a boost ahead of his Autumn Statement as official figures showed public sector borrowing last month was lower than expected.

A tsunami warning had been in effect along Japan’s Fukushima coast after the magnitude 7.4 quake hit at 5:59 a.m. local time on Tuesday (3:59 p.m. EST Monday). Other details were not clear, he said, adding that no other major damage in the city has been reported at the moment.

U.S. President Barack Obama has indicated he could break with tradition and speak out against Donald Trump when the businessman succeeds him.

With Trump’s victory in the USA and the rise in support for right-wing parties in several European states, some commentators see Merkel as a bastion of Western liberal values.

“The president emphasized that de-escalation and a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict are the only viable ways to end the suffering, prevent another migration crisis”, according to the White House statement.

He has laid out a series of actions that he will undertake on his first day at the White House, and those include the withdrawal of the U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.