China defends Confucius Institute after new doubts in U.S.
China defended its government-funded Confucius Institute programs on Friday after new questions were raised in the United States about their transparency and effect on academic freedom.
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Members of parliament voted Somalia's prime minister out of office on Saturday for the second time in a year, a move Western donors had warned would threaten the war-torn nation's fragile recovery.
French President Francois Hollande said after an impromptu visit to Russia for crisis talks with Vladimir Putin on Saturday that a ceasefire could take hold in eastern Ukraine in the next few days.
President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the "barbaric murder" by al Qaeda of U.S. hostage Luke Somers in Yemen during a rescue attempt by U.S. forces.
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