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Locals feared that the proposed bill would trigger an influx of Russian investment, pricing them out of the property market and further strengthening Moscow's grip on the region.

Energy-rich Saudi Arabia is slowly strengthening its stronghold of boxing and paying fighters – some with lesser profiles than Taylor or Serrano – handsomely.

Its chief executive and registrar, Charlie Massey, said next month’s regulatory changes would be "a vital step towards strengthening both patient safety and public trust in these professions".

Downing Street had previously said the envoy role would be "vital" in "strengthening our relations with the regions and nations".

Garcia, the son of a Mexican immigrant who moved to the U.S. in 1959, also leaned in to the GOP message of strengthening immigration enforcement along the Southern border.