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    Xi's not there? COP26 hopes dim on Chinese leader's likely absence

    COP26 · 8:42 AM UTC

    The leaders of most of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters gather in Glasgow from Sunday, aiming to thrash out plans and funds to tilt the planet towards clean energy. But the man running the biggest of them all likely won't be there.

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    Asia Pacific · 10:14 AM UTC

    Myanmar junta rebuked by SE Asian leaders after ASEAN summit no-show

    Southeast Asian leaders sharply criticised Myanmar's junta as a regional summit opened on Tuesday without a representative from the country, following its top general's exclusion for ignoring a peace roadmap agreed six months ago.

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    China's Vice Premier Liu He speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen
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    China NDRC studying mechanism to stabilise coal prices over long-run
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    Beijing Marathon postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19
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    Chinese developer Modern Land defaults on bond; property shares drop

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    UK's FTSE 100 at fresh 20-month highs after Reckitt forecast lift
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    Thousands of hours of U.S. Capitol riot videos swamp attorneys
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    Shopping mall shooting in Idaho leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
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    Biden imposes new international travel vaccine rules, lifts existing restrictions
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    U.S. billionaire tax proposal seems to unite Democrats - but will it work?

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    Sudan capital locked down after coup triggers deadly unrest
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    EXCLUSIVE African Union to buy up to 110 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines -officials
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    Nigerian start-ups digitise local food supply chain
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    Egypt's President Sisi ends state of emergency for the first time in years

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    Peru's Congress postpones Cabinet confirmation vote to next week
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    Cuba-U.S. tensions mount over pending protests on Communist-run island
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    Arrest of Colombian crime lord unlikely to turn tide in drug war
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    Thousands of Nicaraguans go to Honduras border for vaccines

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    Qatar's ruler says citizenship laws to be amended, slams excessive tribalism
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    Lebanon's PM hopes cabinet meetings resume soon
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    Hosting Emirati general, Israel sees airpower cooperation
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    U.S. envoy says Iran nuclear deal effort is at 'critical phase'

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    Oil prices edge lower, still close to highs on short supply
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    Bleak houses: Families struggle to foot France's soaring energy bills
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    China NDRC studying mechanism to stabilise coal prices over long-run

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