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BEIJING – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says China’s economic slowdown is legitimate and Beijing can contribute to global prosperity. Lagarde welcomed Beijing’s efforts to boost investment outside China, referring to the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. She was speaking Sunday at the opening of China Development Forum …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – A Nepalese mountaineering official says a Finnish climber and his local guide died while descending from the summit of Mount Annapurna in the first casualties of the mountaineering season in the Himalayan nation. Gyanendra Shrestha said attempts were being made to bring the bodies of Samuli Mansikka …

CAIRO – Egypt and Saudi Arabia are cooperating militarily to thwart a power grab in Yemen by Shiite rebels, but the agreement on how to deal with the region’s complex and intertwined conflicts may stop there. The two countries’ diverging interests were evident at the Arab summit over the weekend, …

KINSHASA, Congo – Economists from around the globe are gathering in Congo for a forum on boosting economic growth in the African country as large as Western Europe. Congo has some of the largest mineral deposits in the world yet, according to the United Nations, at least 63 percent of …

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities were questioning six people, including some foreigners, in connection with a suicide bombing at an Istanbul police station. Last week’s attack killed an officer and wounded another. The female bomber was also killed. The Anadolu Agency said the suspects were being questioned …

MOSCOW – Russian markets are trading sluggishly as the country braces for the possibility that its credit rating may be downgraded to “junk” level later Friday for the first time in a decade. Both the ruble and the MICEX benchmark were down less than 0.5 percent in early trading. Russia’s …

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s main domestic security agency has raised the terrorist threat level against police from “medium” to “high” in response to recent international attacks targeting officers. Australian Federal Police said in a statement on Tuesday the threat against police as assessed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization is …

JOHANNESBURG – About 70 people in South Africa have been arrested in because of violent protests and looting, much of which was aimed at shops owned by nationals from other African countries, local media reported Thursday. Residents began looting shops and attacking foreign nationals in the Soweto area of Johannesburg …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch judge has approved the extradition to the United States of a Russian suspected of involvement in a multimillion-dollar computer hack. Tuesday’s ruling at The Hague District Court clears the way for Vladimir Drinkman to be sent to New Jersey, where he is one of …

BAMAKO, Mali – A Malian official says that a French military operation killed 12 extremists in far northern Mali, amid renewed violence in the region. The French Defense Ministry says that French troops put a dozen fighters “out of action” after moving in on the group in the rugged Adrar …