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Russia’s Lavrov slams Trump administration on Iran, Syria, North Korea

Alexander Nemenov | AFP | Getty Images Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrive to attend a press conferece after their talks in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Moscow will not accept any changes to the Iran nuclear pact made by the United …

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Pope Francis warns the world is at the brink of nuclear war

Getty Images Pope Francis attends Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on September 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world …

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China increasing Africa debt is false, foreign minister Wang Yi says

Eric Lafforgue | Art in All of Us | Corbis via Getty Images A souvenir seller near a Chinese construction site in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 7, 2016. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hit back against claims that China is increasing the debt burden of African countries. Wang …

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Economists would not have got Russian sanctions wrong if they’d read Anna Karenina, academics say

Bloomberg | Daniel Acker | Contributor | Getty Images Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Together, the professors want economists to realize the importance of culture in making economic predictions or decisions. “Economists have had this idea …

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Apple iPhone 7 Plus was the second-best selling phone in China in 2017

Li Sanxian | VCG | Getty Images A man looks at iPhone 7 series product at an Apple store on September 16, 2016 in Beijing, China. Apple was the only foreign brand to have a smartphone model in the top 10 best-selling handsets in China in 2017. The iPhone 7 …

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Britain’s Carillion collapses as banks refuse to lend it any more money

DANIEL SORABJI | AFP | Getty Images A construction crane showing the branding of British construction company Carillion is photographed on a building site in central London on January 14, 2018, with the skyline of the British capital in the background including the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament. …

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reports of Around injuries after a collapsed structure

Kuncoro Widyo Rumpoko | Pacific Press | LightRocket | Getty Images The Indonesia Stock Exchange is a stock exchange based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Around a dozen injured people were carried on stretchers out of the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Monday, eye witnesses said, after reports of a collapsed structure inside …

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Singapore MAS Ravi Menon on cryptocurrency future, eventual crash

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), speaks at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. The head of Singapore’s central bank said on Monday he hoped the technologies underpinning cryptocurrencies such as blockchain would …

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Trump says ‘I’m not a racist,’ willing to reach deal on DACA

Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House January 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he is “not a racist” despite reports of his derogatory comments about immigrants from Haiti and Africa, adding that he …

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North Korea media warns of Olympic withdrawal after Moon Jae-in speech

Getty Images The Olympic rings is seen in Hoenggye town, near the venue for the Opening and Closing ceremony ahead of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Pyongyang could still pull out from the upcoming Winter Olympics, a North Korean media outlet threatened in response to recent …

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