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The region shouldn’t become an “arena for a big power contest,” the Chinese president says Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that the Asia-Pacific area was “no one’s backyard,” urging for greater regional cooperation on development and security. Xi’s statement was made in written remarks to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Thailand and…

Lithuania’s continued honoring of a man who killed Jews during World War II is anti-Semitic, Washington’s ambassador to the country has said The new US Ambassador to Lithuania has warned the country against glorification of its citizens who participated in the Holocaust.