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Donald Trump says ‘buy American’; Ivanka buys Chinese
15 Mar 2017
Even as President Donald Trump promised to create jobs by following “two simple rules: Buy American and hire American”, huge shipments of his daughter’s line were reportedly on their way to the US from China?
Parliament frees May’s hands on Brexit; Scotland unhappy
14 Mar 2017
The House of Lords rejected a last-ditch attempt to amend a bill empowering May to begin Brexit, paving the way for it to become law as early today
World faces biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945: UN
14 Mar 2017
The world faces its largest humanitarian crisis since the UN was founded in 1945, with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine
46 US prosecutors including Preet Bharara get marching orders
11 Mar 2017
The removal of the high profile Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, along with 46 others comes in the same week government watchdogs urged Bharara to investigate whether Trump had violated the Constitution, which bars federal officials from taking payments from foreign governments
S Korea’s ousted president Park leaves palace, faces jail
10 Mar 2017
South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a parliamentary decision to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal, ousting her from office and capping months of political uncertainty
Blitzed: Hitler, Third Reich high on drugs, says new book
09 Mar 2017
Based partly on the papers of Hitler's private physician, author Norman Ohler describes the role of drugs within the Third Reich
Fresh setback for May as Lords insist on say in Brexit
08 Mar 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating setback after Britain’s House of Lords approved a plan to give Parliament the final say over Brexit
China sees first trade deficit in February amidst rare import boom
08 Mar 2017
China’s imports rose more than 44.7 per cent year-on-year in yuan terms in February while its exports rose by a mere 4.2 per cent during the month, resulting in a trade deficit of 60.63 billion yuan ($8.79 billion)
Saudi King Salman visits Indonesia in style: 460 tons of equipment, 1,000-strong entourage
02 Mar 2017
Trump vows ‘great military buildup’
25 Feb 2017
President Donald Trump vowed to make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism
‘Doomsday’ seed vault in Arctic gets 50,000 new samples
24 Feb 2017
Some 50,000 new samples from seed collections around the world have been deposited in the world's largest repository on an Arctic island built to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out global food crops
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