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Stories for January 13th 2020
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Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:28 UTC
Argentine finance minister confident the sovereign debt situation will be resolved
Argentina’s new government is working “nonstop” to resolve its sovereign debt crisis, the country’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman said, a month after center-left Peronist President Alberto Fernandez took office.
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Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Iran's only female Olympic medalist abandons the country fed up with oppression and forced to follow orders
Iran's only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool. Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, implied in an Instagram post that she had moved to Europe. She wrote on an account she has used for some time, but it was not immediately possible to verify her location.
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Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:07 UTC
Beijing will not change its position despite Taiwan's president landslide election victory; threats from Xinhua news agency
China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said on Sunday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, as state media warned she was courting disaster.
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Monday, January 13th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
Prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is credited for saving his species from extinction
Prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single handedly saving his species from extinction. The 100-year-old tortoise, who was recruited along with 14 other adults for a captive breeding program, will be returned to his native island of Espanola in March, the Galapagos National Parks service (PNG) said on Friday.
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Monday, January 13th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
All ready to sign US/China Phase 1 trade deal, following lengthy translation process
China's commitments in the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States were not changed during a lengthy translation process and will be released this week as the document is signed in Washington, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday.
