Australian lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any deal reached with foreign states. The law is seen as targeting China, which was signed by the state of Victoria in South Australia in 2018 for President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative. “The policies and …
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Australian lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any deal reached with foreign states. The law is seen as targeting China, which was signed by the state of Victoria in South Australia in 2018 for President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative. “The policies and …
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India and Japan pledged on Friday to carry out the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project and welcomed a memorandum of cooperation on specific skilled workers to be signed in the near future. Both topics featured in the first telephone conversation between Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, and his Indian counterpart, …
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The leader of the Japanese ruling party, Yoshihide Suga, was elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new prime minister in nearly eight years. Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party used its majority in the powerful lower house of parliament, which is empowered to elect …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 14, 2020 7:06:15 pm Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will be the country’s next prime minister (REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon / File photo) Last month, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving leader, resigned from office for health reasons. …
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Yoshihide Suga won the leadership race of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday and will in all likelihood win a parliamentary vote later this week and replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, said last month that he would resign due to health problems, …
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If Shinzo Abe was born to be Japan’s prime minister, the path to political stardom for his potential successor was hardly guaranteed. Many political analysts see Yoshihide Suga as the frontrunner to replace Prime Minister Abe, who announced last month that he was leaving office due to complications related to …
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