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Somalia lawmakers vote to remove PM

Bloomberg Somalia lawmakers removed Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire and his cabinet in a no-confidence vote that’s likely to delay elections due this year and risk further instability in the Horn of Africa nation. The vote was backed by 170 lawmakers, with only eight others rejecting the motion, according to Parliament speaker Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also ...

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Singaporean pleads guilty to acting as ‘China agent’

Bloomberg A Singaporean man pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for Chinese intelligence in the US, according to a statement posted on the US Department of Justice website. Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, admitted that he provided valuable information to Chinese intelligence and knowingly recruited others in the US to do the same, a FBI ...

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Germany pulls out of slump with first growth in months

Bloomberg Germany took a step forward in its recovery from the coronavirus slump, with a key measure of activity showing growth for the first time in five months. IHS Markit’s composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) jumped to 55.5 in July from 47 in June. The figure was better than economists had predicted, and puts the gauge above the key 50 ...

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