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Chad president killed in attack after winning re-election

Bloomberg Chad’s president, Idriss Deby, has died a day after he secured a sixth term in elections that were marred by an opposition boycott. He was 68. Deby died of injuries sustained in a battle against rebels, according to a statement read out on state radio by General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, the army’s spokesman. A military council will govern the ...

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Xi challenges US leadership, warns against decoupling

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping called for greater global economic integration and warned against decoupling while calling on the US and its allies to avoid “bossing others around.” “International affairs should be conducted by way of negotiations and discussions, and the future destiny of the world should be decided by all countries,” Xi said on Tuesday at the Boao Forum ...

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Sergei Skripal hit men blamed for blast shaking Czech-Russia relations

Bloomberg The Czech Republic blamed the same Russian agents accused of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal in the UK for a deadly 2014 blast that has done the worst damage to Prague-Moscow ties since the fall of communism. After both sides expelled a record number of diplomats, the Czechs are pondering a further response after Russia left just a skeleton ...

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