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China's Xi urges ruling Communist Party to be adaptable, safeguard advances

China's ruling Communist Party must keep pace with changing circumstances while safeguarding the advances it has made, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday during celebrations for its 105th founding anniversary. Xi did not identify specific opportunities or risks, but analysts say slower economic growth and demographic decline pose key challenges for the world's second-largest economy. In a 40-minute speech at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong urged party cadres to actively recognise and adapt to, change, while promoting the party's work. "China's development is currently in a period where strategic opportunities, risks and challenges coexist," said Xi, who called for the party to better coordinate efforts to tackle domestic and international issues. Faced with external challenges from Western-led curbs on technology to turbulent trade ties with the United States and tension over Taiwan, party l...
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US Democrats look to rein in Trump's war powers, this time on Cuba

The US Senate will vote as soon as next week on a Democratic-led effort to prevent President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Cuba, Senate aides said, responding to the Republican's threats to take military action against the island. Democratic Senators Tim Kaine, Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego introduced the Cuba War Powers Resolution last month. Under Senate rules, the Senate's Republican leaders must allow it to come up for a vote. "The president's sabre rattling toward Cuba makes clear where his sights are next," Schiff said in a statement when the resolution was introduced. Exact timing of the vote has not yet been announced, but aides said they expected it before May 1. Under Trump, US forces have launched strikes on boats off Venezuela and gone into Caracas to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and, with Israel, waged war on Iran since February 28, all without authorisation from Congress. Read: CNN's Zakaria to Trump: make concessions Trump has since said "Cuba is next," while touting US military action in Venezuela and Iran. He did not specify what ​he plans to do with the island nation, but ​has frequently said he believes its government is on the verge of ​collapse. Democrats have tried, and failed repeatedly in both the Senate and House of Representatives, to force Trump to stop military action and obtain lawmakers' authorisation before launching military operations. Trump's fellow Republicans, who hold slim majorities in both the Senate and House, have almost unanimously voted to block the resolutions that have come up to date, and there has been no indication yet that any are shifting position. Although the US Constitution says that Congress, not the president, can declare war, that restriction does not apply to short-term operations or to counter an immediate threat. The White House said Trump's actions were within his rights as commander-in-chief to protect the US by ordering limited ⁠military operations. Congressional Republicans accused Democrats of filing the resolutions only to attack Trump.

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