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Oct 22 (Reuters) – Kenya will expand trade ties with the United Arab Emirates, the State House Kenya tweeted early Saturday.
"The two nations have agreed to fast-track trade agreements and set up a joint panel to explore investment partnerships in oil and gas, technology transfer, agriculture, healthcare as well as development of Special Economic Zones", the state house said in a tweet.
The United Arab Emirates and Kenya agreed to launch talks on a comprehensive economic partnership this year, which would be the first of its kind between the Gulf Arab state and an African country, UAE's state news agency WAM had reported. (Reporting by Shubhendu Deshmukh in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
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The twice-a-decade congress of China's ruling Communist Party is a tightly choreographed event. The speculation ran from a health crisis to an attempted protest by the 79-year-old former leader, or a political purge by current President Xi Jinping. China's tightly controlled state media didn't report the incident, but the official Xinhua News Agency tweeted in English several hours later — as speculation raged overseas — that Hu was in poor health and needed to rest.
(Bloomberg) — Oil declined as sentiment soured over China following the conclusion of the party congress, filtering through broader markets.Most Read from BloombergRussian Oil Logistics in Chaos Ahead of Looming SanctionsWall Street Is Heading to Saudi Arabia as US Oil Spat SimmersSunak Edges Closer to UK Leadership Prize as Johnson CavesTSMC Suspends Work for Chinese Chip Startup Amid US CurbsWest Texas Intermediate slipped below $84 a barrel on Monday as investors also digested a raft of dela
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and three other members of the elite Politburo Standing Committee of the ruling Communist Party were excluded from the newly elected Central Committee on Saturday. More than 2,000 delegates to a once-every-five-years party congress in Beijing elected a 205-person Central Committee as well as 171 alternate members. Li Keqiang, 67, Li Zhanshu, 72, Wang Yang, 67, and Han Zheng, 68 – members of the current seven-person Standing Committee – were excluded from the new Central Committee.
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STORY: China's Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday (October 22), approving amendments to its constitution that cement President Xi Jinping's iron grip on the party. The event revealed a new Central Committee missing two key officials that lacked close ties with the leader. And, in an unusual moment during the closing ceremony, China's former President Hu Jintao, seated next to Xi, was escorted off the stage. It's not immediately clear why he was escorted out. Hu appeared to resist leaving as stewards led him away.Video of the incident, which is highly unusual given the meticulous stage management of such events, was widely shared on Twitter but could not be found on China's heavily censored social media platforms.State media coverage of the ceremony also did not include the scene, which occurred just as journalists were entering the hall.Xi is poised to clinch a third five-year leadership term as party general secretary, breaking with precedent and solidifying his place as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, the founding leader of the People's Republic. The party's new 205-member Central Committee was elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress.Voting was conducted by show of hands in Beijing's vast Great Hall of People. Much of the week's proceedings have taken place behind closed doors. The new Central Committee did not include outgoing Premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party boss Wang Yang, who had been seen as a potential replacement as premier. Analysts said their omissions were signs the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, is likely to be stacked with people close to Xi.The party's new Central Committee will choose the next Politburo on Sunday (October 23), which is typically 25 people, and its new Standing Committee.
Moscow provided no details on the conversation with Austin, which came after the two men spoke on Friday for the first time since May. Its readouts on the other calls said Shoigu had said the situation in Ukraine was worsening. "They discussed the situation in Ukraine which is rapidly deteriorating," the Russian defence ministry said of Shoigu's call with French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu.
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China's economy rebounded at a faster-than-expected pace in the third quarter, but strict COVID curbs, a deepening property crisis and global recession risks are challenging Beijing's efforts to foster a robust revival over the next year. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world's second-biggest economy rose 3.9% in the July-September quarter year-on-year, official data showed on Monday, above the 3.4% pace forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts, and quickening from the 0.4% pace in the second quarter. The data was originally scheduled for release on Oct. 18 but was delayed amid a key Communist Party Congress last week, which ended with Xi Jinping securing a precedent-breaking third term as its leader.

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