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Hunter Biden quits board of Chinese PE company

Bloomberg Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company and promising to forego all foreign work if his father, former US Vice President Joe Biden, is elected president in 2020. After months of keeping a relatively low-profile as President Donald Trump leveled a barrage of unsubstantiated accusations of corruption at him, the younger Biden ...

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Pakistan on mission to enable Iran talks with US, Saudi amid rising tensions

Bloomberg Pakistan is conducting shuttle diplomacy to promote talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia to end a tense standoff that has roiled energy markets and pushed the rival Gulf powers to the brink of war. During a visit to Iran on Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was acting “not as a mediator but as a facilitator” for talks ...

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Spain’s Sanchez pledges to end political deadlock

Bloomberg Acting PM Pedro Sanchez has pledged to make a proposal to Spain’s main political parties within 48 hours after next month’s general elections that would allow for the formation of a government and end a long-standing political stalemate in the country. Sanchez will offer the rest of the parties an agreement on basic policies with the aim of having ...

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