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China vows to keep Taiwan out of Pacific Rim trade group

Zhu’s comments follow earlier remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian that China was “firmly opposed to any official contacts between Taiwan and other countries, as well as Taiwan’s accession to any agreements or organizations that are of an official nature.”

‘Boxing over’, says Pacquiao, to spar in political ring

He left his impoverished home as a teenager and stowed away on a ship bound for Manila. He made his professional debut as a junior flyweight in 1995, aged 16, fighting his way out of abject poverty to become one of the world’s highest-paid athletes

India-based LIFE, 3 others share ‘Alternative Nobel’

India-based Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, or LIFE, uses the law and legal processes to empower often vulnerable communities and help them stand up against powerful interests, the foundation, one of the winners, said.