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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 1

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U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out his "America First" agenda in his first speech since inauguration at a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

Rolling out his "America First" agenda "guided by two core principles: Buy American, and Hire American," Trump tried to paint "a new surge of optimism" by depicting what he has done since entering the White House and reiterating what he will do in the four-year presidency, most of them in line with his pledges on campaign trail. (U.S.-Trump-Congress)

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PARIS -- French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been summoned by the magistrates investigating hefty payments paid to his family for fake jobs, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.

On its website, Le Journal de Dimanche reported that magistrates summoned Fillon over the so called "Penelopegate," forcing the presidential nominee to postpone a key campaign event at a planned appearance at the Paris Agriculture Fair. (France-Presidential Race)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday night said he would ask Congress to approve a plan to invest 1 trillion U.S. dollars in the infrastructure of the United States to create millions of new jobs.

"We've spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled," Trump said in his first address to a joint session of Congress since inauguration, noting that "the time has come for a new program of national rebuilding." (U.S.-Infrastructure)

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GENEVA -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rejected here Tuesday allegations by the Republic of Korea (ROK) that it was connected with "the events in Malaysia."

During the High Level Segment of the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, a DPRK representative said the DPRK totally rejected the remarks of Seoul's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, which suggested Pyongyang used chemical weapons to assassinate in Malaysia the half-brother of its top leader. (DPRK-ROK-Malaysia)

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MOSCOW -- Russia will not to be dragged into a new arms race but it will take appropriate measures to guarantee its national security, a top lawmaker said Wednesday.

"One needs to understand that any serious increase in (defense) spending may lead to an arms race. I can say that we will not get involved in this arms race," Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency. (Russia-Defense-Security) Endi