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Europe will hit US products with tariffs starting Friday
European Union tariffs on products from the United States will go into effect on Friday. European Union tariffs on products from the United States will go into effect on Friday. LONDON (CNNMoney) — European Union tariffs on products from the United States will go into effect on Friday. The European Commission announced Wednesday that it…
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Israel warns Hamas as tensions escalate over Gaza rockets and incendiary kites
Jerusalem (CNN)In one of the biggest exchanges of fire between the two sides in years, militants in Gaza launched some 45 rockets toward Israel early Wednesday morning, prompting retaliatory airstrikes from Israeli fighter jets, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Seven of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense system, IDF…
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If the US military withdraws from Korea, China will be a big loser
Michael Heng says while Beijing has good reason to be wary of American hegemony in the region, it must realise that a US military withdrawal would encourage unwanted developments – nuclear-armed neighbours in a unified Korea and Japan. The Kim-Trump summit in Singapore has reduced the danger of armed conflict on the Korean peninsula. It is good for peace…
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These Charts Show The Political Bias Of Workers In Each Profession
Crowdpac, a non-partisan firm dedicated to political data analysis, used federal campaign contribution records dating back to 1980 in order to estimate where various officials and donors fall on the political spectrum. They scored individual donors as being more liberal or conservative based on what kinds of candidates they gave to. The company’s CEO and co-founder, Steve…
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Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. From U.N. Human Rights Council
Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to the General Assembly last week in New York.Credit Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States withdrew on Tuesday from the world’s most important human rights body in protest of its frequent criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. It was the…
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Angela Merkel has two weeks to keep Germany’s centre-right together
The chancellor wins time to find a European solution to the immigration dispute rending her political alliance. LAST week a dispute over immigration policy took Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), their conservative Bavarian partners, to the brink of divorce. “I can’t work with this woman any more!” a furious…
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China sounds out Japan and South Korea for another summit about North Korea this year, sources say
The proposed talks in Beijing in December would be the second such summit this year, and could represent Beijing’s attempt to hold sway in the wake of the Trump-Kim meeting. China has sounded out Japan and South Korea to hold a trilateral summit again in December in Beijing, hoping to further ramp up cooperation to…
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Germany’s political crisis is about the future of Europe
Can you say “No” to a German chancellor when all she is asking you for is 14 days? There is one man who did. Horst Seehofer, interior minister and chairman of the Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, has managed to trigger the most serious government crisis Ms…
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New Migrant Crisis Threatens to Bring Down Merkel in 48 Hours
On the back of the latest round of fighting over illegal immigration, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of Bavaria’s CSU party reportedly castigated Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying he “can’t work with this woman anymore”. Merkel is adamant that migrant policy can only be effectively agreed and implemented at the European level and is at loggerheads…
