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Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, Dec. 9

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HELSINKI -- Foreign companies will have more opportunities in the Chinese market, especially in the wake of wider reforms announced by a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC),a panel of Chinese experts said here Friday.

A Chinese delegation led by Li Shulei, deputy secretary of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, arrived in Finland Thursday from Switzerland as part of a three-nation tour to explain the key decisions taken at the 19th CPC National Congress in Beijing in October, the key five-yearly assembly that assessed the current social reality and drafted plans for the future. Their next stop is Denmark. (China-Finland-CPC)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley, found herself isolated at Friday's emergency meeting as 14 out of all the 15 members of the UN Security Council spoke against her country's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Haley, known for her eloquence, sounded equally fluent on Friday, but her defense of U.S. President Donald Trump's Wednesday announcement appeared to be feeble. (UN-Jerusalem-US)

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LONDON -- British businesses welcomed the success of Brexit talks between the government and the European Union (EU), but said the trade talks that this success heralds will be "crucial".

Britain and the EU announced a breakthrough in Brexit talks Friday with an agreed document covering issues such as the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic as well as the future status of 3 million Europeans living in Britain. (Britain-Economy)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department said Friday that Washington is considering deploying "conventional, ground-launched, intermediate-range missile systems" to defend itself and allies against Russia's "violation" of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

The treaty, signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987, banned the development, deployment and testing of ground-launched ballistic or cruise missiles within ranges from 300 miles (483 km) to 3,400 miles (5,472 km). (US-Russia Missile) Enditem

 

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