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US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen to visit China to build ‘healthy’ ties with Beijing
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German spy agency seeks more powers amid Russia’s suspected financing of far right
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Exclusive: US mulls plan to disrupt Iran’s oil by halting vessels at sea
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Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and seize power. A minor aristocrat named as Prince Heinrich XIII, 71, is alleged to have…
