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By Greg Torode and Antoni Slodkowski HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump inherits a United States-China relationship reset by presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping over the last year to lift ties off a diplomatic nadir after COVID-19 and tension over Taiwan. Formal talks are being held on a range of critical issues, …

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By Ezgi Erkoyun and Nevzat Devranoglu ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey expects Donald Trump’s White House will lower tariffs on its steel and textile exports, the trade minister said on Thursday, as the lira and Turkish assets continued to rally on prospects of new U.S. trade and foreign policies.  “We expect that…customs duties will be reduced in …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of measures that could become law late next year. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social …

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By Kirsty Needham and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had spoken with Donald Trump on Thursday after the Republican’s U.S. election win, as Australia’s U.S. ambassador deleted comments he previously made about Trump, saying they did not reflect the view of the Australian government. Albanese said he had spoken …

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CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s government on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential contest, with President Nicolas Maduro later calling Trump’s re-election “a new start” for bilateral relations. Maduro and Trump have a historically tense relationship. During his first term, Trump put in place harsher sanctions on the South American country, especially …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday after weeks of wrangling over the future economic direction of the government, two sources told Reuters. Newspaper Bild had earlier reported that Lindner had proposed early elections as a solution to the impasse, a proposal Scholz had rejected. Scholz’s office …

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