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‘We will not back down’ 

Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, speaks during a briefing on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, June 14, 2018. After a particularly tense week for Canada-U.S. relations, Chrystia Freeland said North American Free Trade …

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China’s ZTE shakes up board in bid for US ban lift

Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images People walk in front of the ZTE stand at the Mobile World Congress on February 27, 2018 in Barcelona. Chinese telecoms giant ZTE announced a new board on Friday in a radical management shakeup as part of a $1.4 billion deal with the …

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We will not get rid of our struggling US unit

Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Christian Sewing, CEO of Germany’s Deutsche Bank, addresses the audience during the bank’s annual meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, May 24, 2018. Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing told CNBC on Friday the German banking giant remains committed to its U.S. unit even after failing the second round …

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Note-by-note cuisine can boost food security: Herve This

Pierre Gagnaire and Herve This A Note-by-Note meringue dish called ‘Wind Crystals.’ Made from protein, water, egg white and flavoring. But note-by-note cooking doesn’t seek to simply recreate existing dishes, it wants to invent new edible items. “Science is so powerful that I can make one new food every month for 20 years,” …

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Suspect in Maryland newspaper shooting identified as Jarrod Ramos

The suspect in Thursday’s shooting at a Maryland newspaper was identified as Jarrod Ramos, born Dec. 21, 1979, according to three senior law enforcement officials. At least five were killed and several others “gravely injured” during a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, law …

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Japan’s Sharp cancels plan to sell new shares, cites US-China tensions

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Sharp Corp. logo is displayed on a door at the entrance to the company’s plant in Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Sharp shares opened up 15 percent as investors cheered the about-face by the company, owned by Taiwanese …

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Refugee crisis fuelling criminal network and human trafficking 

Gabriele Maricchiolo | NurPhoto | Getty Images Migrants waiting to disembark on the island of Sicily on April 24, 2018. With the number of forcefully displaced people hitting a record 68.5 million in 2017, experts say a lack of legal support and funding has enabled a multibillion-dollar criminal network to …

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Amazon acquired PillPack and is buying companies at unprecedented rate

Rex Curry | Reuters Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, April 20, 2018. Amazon’s PillPack acquisition on Thursday is more than just a sign of the e-commerce giant’s growing interest in the pharmaceutical market. It also underscores …

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Italy blocks joint text on trade, defense at EU summit

Ben Stansall | AFP | Getty Images Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives to take part in an European Union leaders’ summit focused on migration, Brexit and eurozone reforms on June 28, 2018 at the Europa building in Brussels. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte blocked the adoption of European Union …

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LinkedIn is using Microsoft Azure to translate users’ posts

Getty Images Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Weiner, chief executive officer of LinkedIn Corp., speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Business social network and recruiting tool LinkedIn is increasingly relying on technology from its parent company, Microsoft. On Thursday LinkedIn said …

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