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China, Africa trade volume rises 14% to $170b

An aerial photo of China-built Brazzaville cable-stayed bridge in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, June 10, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] China-Africa trade volume increased 14 percent year-on-year to $170 billion last year, making the country the largest trading partner of Africa for nine consecutive…

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Rome Sweet Rome!

It’s known as the Eternal City – and while Jews certainly haven’t been there since time began, Italy’s capital has hosted the community for an astounding 22 centuries, ever since the First Temple was destroyed. That was just one of…

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Pageant winners set for world stage

(From left) Panchali Ghosh, Ibapynhun Syiemlieh, Nupur Saigal and Mebarisha Sohphoh. (Banbitlang Marbaniang) Shillong: Four women from Meghalaya, who recently won in a beauty pageant held in Guwahati earlier this month, will now represent India in an international pageant to…

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Set free in South Africa

My first impressions of South Africa are different to the images I’d conjured up in my mind, but this is not Capetown nor Durban. In geographical terms Limpopo is to South Africa what Leitrim is to Ireland – laced with…

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