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Xi Jinping, the President of China and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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XI URGES CLOSER TIES AMONG BRICS NATIONS

In his closing speech at this year’s conclave of member nations in the BRICS trading bloc, Chinese president Xi Jinping urged leaders to deepen and tighten their economic ties, in part by creating a BRICS “Special Economic Zone” and opening a discussion about making commerce in services smoother among the countries.

An unsmiling Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
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MERZ IS THE BIG LOSER AFTER AfD’s BIG WIN IN SAXONY-ANHALT

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a serious political blow after Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw big gains in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, as he watched his own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) lose over half of its support since 2021 and is now polling at 17.4 percent, according to the Financial Times.