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Tokyo: China on Thursday affirmed a trade deal announced by Trump, saying both sides needed to abide by the consensus and adding China always kept its word. The deal brings a delicate truce in a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
China, Japan jets fly dangerously close
Tokyo: Japan and China blamed each other on Thursday after Tokyo raised concern that a Chinese fighter jet came dangerously, 45 m for 40 minutes, close to Japanese reconnaissance planes. The Chinese jets took off from a carrier in the Pacific.
Indian-origin doc to head key US body
New York: Indian-origin physician Bobby Mukkamala has been sworn in as the 180th president of the American Medical Association, becoming the first physician of Indian heritage to lead the organisation. Mukkamala is an an ear, nose and throat specialist.