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Rubio’s India Visit Yields No Major Deals to Repair U.S.-India Relations

The secretary of state visited India to reassure the South Asian giant that it can still rely on the United States. India did not gain much from the visit.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, prepare to sign a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

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China has made slow progress curbing tobacco use or enacting a national indoor smoking ban.
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