President Xi vows to boost China's manufacturing
President Xi Jinping vowed to boost the country's manufacturing capacity and not rely on overseas markets, state media reported Monday.
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Hundreds of athletes on Sunday completed an ultramarathon through a sun-bleached canyon in northwestern Mexico, with legendary Indigenous runners racing against competitors from outside the community in one of the world's most challenging distance events.
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Most French people support strikes against pension reform: poll
A majority of French people support rolling strikes announced against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, a poll showed Monday, underlining the unpopularity of changes the government views as essential.
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Asian markets broadly positive but China shares muted
Asian markets enjoyed healthy gains on Monday over murmurs that the US Federal Reserve may loosen its monetary tightening but stocks in Hong Kong and China were muted after Beijing announced its lowest economic growth target in decades.
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'Monster' Inoue to fight unbeaten American for world titles
Japan's Naoya Inoue will fight for two world titles in his super-bantamweight debut when he takes on American Stephen Fulton in Yokohama in May, the boxer nicknamed "Monster" said Monday.
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Pakistan suicide bomber kills nine police officers
A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others Monday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.
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Cummins out of final India Test, Smith to skipper Australia
Steve Smith will captain Australia again in the fourth Test against India with Pat Cummins remaining at home with his ailing mother, officials said Monday.
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Seoul to compensate Japan wartime forced labour victims
South Korea announced plans Monday to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour, aiming to end a "vicious cycle" in the Asian powers' relations and boost ties to counter the nuclear-armed North.
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Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred by Taliban authorities.
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'Forget the war': Ukraine ski slope offers respite from conflict
Far from the Ukraine war's frontlines, only the whirring of generator-powered ski lifts disturbs the calm at Bukovel in the country's west, a winter resort nestled in the pine-forested Carpathian Mountains.
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