Deputy director of National Energy Administration under probe

09:06, January 23, 2018

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  China's national energy administration deputy head investigated

  Wang Xiaolin, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, is being investigated for serious discipline violations, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Tuesday.Wang was appointed to the position at the administration in 2015 after working at Shenhua Group, China's largest coal producer, for about 20 years, according to his CV posted on the CCDI

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  Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in US-Russia probe

  US President Donald Trump speaks at a working session with mayors at the White House in Washington, US, January 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Yuri GripasPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.“I‘m looking forward to it, actually,”

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  Zuma's Time Running Out as Ramaphosa Wields South African Power

  (Photo: AFP)The clock is ticking on South African President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-ridden administration as his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, flexes his political muscles and shows he’s increasingly wielding state power to stamp out corruption and revive the economy.While the ruling African National Congress’s top leadership has decided that Zuma, 75, must leave office -- to win back voters and stoke investor