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UNESCO urges wider use of debt-for-education swaps

LONDON, July 10 - UNESCO has urged governments and international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps to help tackle a worsening education financing crisis, warning that 113 countries now spend more on servicing debt than on educating their populations.

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Nvidia chips, soybean orders signal thaw before Xi-Trump summit

China has extended a series of olive branches to Washington this month, including a jump in soybean purchases, the release of a detained Chinese pastor and approval to import Nvidia’s H200 chips, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the United States. Nvidia’s H200

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