Amid Sri Lanka's deepening economic crisis, Bangladesh’s finance minister Mustafa Kamal warned that countries should "think twice" before agreeing to join China in its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).

Bangladesh minister slams China's BRI loans amid foreign minister Wang's visit

Australia announced on Wednesday that a state government’s deal with China to join its Belt and Road Initiative has now been cancelled. This is being seen as an extension of new laws last year which allowed Australian government to revoke any agreements between states and foreign countries which may get in the way national interest.

Australia overrides state's decision to join China's Belt and Road initiative

#GravitasPlus with Palki Sharma Upadhyay | 3 continents, 6 corridors & 65% of global population. China's most ambitious infrastructure project is actually a plan to dominate the world. But the Belt & Road Initiative is now facing too many roadblocks. Is Xi Jinping's dream fading?

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Notre-Dame cathedral fire was probably caused by accident: French prosecutors The fire that tore through Notre-Dame cathedral was probably caused by accident, French prosecutors said on Tuesday after firefighters doused the last flames in the ruins overnight.

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