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Buttigieg courts South Carolina black voters with his veteran status World War 2

Buttigieg courts South Carolina black voters with his veteran status

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, the only veteran in the top tier of candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, is turning to South Carolina’s large military community to help shore up his nagging lack of support among black voters. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former South Bend Mayor…
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February 24, 2020
Xinjiang and the South China Sea complicate Malaysia–China relations Belt and Road

Xinjiang and the South China Sea complicate Malaysia–China relations

24 February 2020Author: Ngeow Chow Bing, University of MalayaAfter a historic 2018 election victory, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad and his Pakatan Harapan coalition seemed to be rolling back Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deals forged under his predecessor Najib Razak. Mahathir suspended the mostly China-financed US$20 billion East Coast…
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February 24, 2020
Trump fails to condemn Modi’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law as he speaks at huge stadium rally in India Korean Peace Talks

Trump fails to condemn Modi’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law as he speaks at huge stadium rally in India

Donald Trump has praised India as “a democratic, peaceful country” and reaffirmed his close ties to “true friend” Narendra Modi at a huge stadium rally, even as his host faced a fierce public backlash over what critics call attempts to undermine the country’s secular constitution and marginalise its Muslim minority. The brand new, 110,000-capacity…
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February 24, 2020