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Trump to speak with Abe, Xi on North Korea
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump schedule calls to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as frustration builds in the White House over North Korea's nuclear programme and overcapacity in the steel market.
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US Navy sails from Thailand into disputed South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» A US warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday, in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a US Defence Department official said.
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US lifts laptop ban for Abu Dhabi, Etihad
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2017
» DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The capital of the United Arab Emirates became the first city to be exempt from a US ban on laptop computers being in the cabins of airplanes coming from the Mideast, the country's flag carrier said Sunday.
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Trump video tweet shows him wrestling, beating CNN
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.
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Rescuing the (lopsided) planet with clean energy
News, Published on 03/07/2017
» German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to put free and open trade high on the agenda when leaders of the G20 economies gather in Hamburg for their annual summit on Friday. She argues that a rules-based trading system supports the economy and the environment alike. Indeed, a progressive trade policy that fosters inclusive and sustainable growth and helps promote a shift to a low-carbon economy is essential for meeting the universally-adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.
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Honour the true meaning of politics
News, Published on 03/07/2017
» It's time for July 4th, otherwise known as Independence Day. It's one of my favourite holidays for all the reasons you'd suspect: Flags, patriotic songs, and fireworks. But I'm uneasy with the trend towards making the US military being the centrepiece of the occasion.
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Germany beat Chile to win Confederations Cup
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - Germany survived a whirlwind assault by Chile and capitalised on an awful mistake by the South Americans to claim a 1-0 victory in a pulsating, bad-tempered Confederations Cup final on Sunday.
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Seeking the truth, not the tragedy, in journalism
News, John Lloyd, Published on 03/07/2017
» London's Grenfell Tower fire victims aren't furious just with local authorities for ignoring safety concerns raised before this month's blaze killed at least 79 residents. They're angry with journalists too.
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The TPP lives on despite US withdrawal
News, Published on 03/07/2017
» When Donald Trump, in one of his first acts as president, announced that the United States would not participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), many assumed that the mega-regional trade deal was dead. But such assumptions may have been premature.
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Welfare 'black hole'
News, Postbag, Published on 03/07/2017
» Re: "Unsustainable welfare a time bomb", (Opinion, June 19).
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