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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday carried out his persuasion campaign inside the parliament to call upon lawmakers to support his Brexit deal with the European Union (EU), voicing his hope that an historic sitting of the House of Commons will be "the moment" to "finally resolve Brexit."
The statement came as the prime minister was addressing the parliament in its first Saturday sitting in 37 years.
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WASHINGTON -- Asia is expected to grow at 5.0 percent in 2019 and 5.1 percent in 2020, with risks to the projection still skewed downward, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Friday.
"In line with the slowdown of global growth, the growth in the Asia Pacific region is expected to be the slowest since the global financial crisis in our context of prolonged global uncertainty," Changyong Rhee, director of IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, said during a press conference at the 2019 annual meetings for the IMF and the World Bank.
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DURBAN -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Friday.
South Africa, he said, attaches great importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with China. South Africa appreciates China's strong support for the African National Congress government, and cherishes the friendship and mutual trust between the two countries and two parties, he said.
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BRASILIA -- The five BRICS countries should strengthen unity and cooperation to uphold multilateralism and promote the development of the international order in a more just and rational direction, a senior Chinese official has said.
The BRICS should fully implement the consensuses reached by leaders of the five countries in previous BRICS leaders' meetings and consolidate cooperation in political security, economy, trade and finance, and people-to-people exchanges, said Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Enditem
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