The European Union has signed what India’s prime minister has called “the mother of all deals” to boost trade with India. For Europe, the move seeks to hedge against its unpredictable ties to the U.S.
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Category: 2. World
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Saudi Arabia won’t allow attacks on Iran from its territory: crown prince-Xinhua
RIYADH, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Tuesday assured Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the kingdom will not allow its territory or airspace to be used for attacks on Iran,…
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EU and India clinch trade deal to slash €4bn of tariffs on bloc’s exports
Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter:
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A “new era” in India-EU relations
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The Chinese sportswear company betting on Puma
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Why Asia’s currencies have slumped against the dollar
New Delhi and Brussels have agreed a…
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How China’s military purge could help the Pentagon – Politico
- How China’s military purge could help the Pentagon Politico
- Exclusive | China’s Top General Accused of Giving Nuclear Secrets to U.S. – WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- Zhang Youxia: Purge of China’s top general leaves military in crisis BBC
- Fate…
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Who is Tom Homan, Trump’s border tsar replacing Greg Bovino in Minneapolis
Bernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter
Getty ImagesTom Homan has decades of experience across Democratic and Republican administrations US President Donald Trump has deployed his “border tsar” Tom Homan to lead on-the-ground immigration…
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Iran protesters describe personal toll of crackdown
Soroush Negahdari,BBC Monitoringand
Ghoncheh Habibiazad,BBC Persian
WANA via REUTERSIranian authorities responded with lethal force as the protests in Tehran escalated on 8 January “My friends are all like me. We all know someone who was killed in…
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Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay – The New York Times
- Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay The New York Times
- As Western powers crack down on migrants, Spain embraces 500,000 Al Jazeera
- Spain to regularise over 500,000 immigrants Dawn
- Spain plans to give…
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TikTok US denies claims it is censoring content
Liv McMahonand
Kali Hays,Technology reporters
Getty ImagesTikTok has denied claims that its new US operations are heavily-controlling what users post after thousands reported glitches with the video streaming platform.
In a response to the BBC, a…
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US announces multi-day aerial military drills in the Middle East amid Iran tensions | US news
The US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense standoff with Iran.
The display of US air…
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Israel plans large camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, retired general says – Reuters
- Israel plans large camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, retired general says Reuters
- Israeli plans for Rafah ‘camp’ in Gaza slammed as continuation of genocide Al Jazeera
- The biggest experiment in history is about to begin, it must not…
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