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Iran says new US sanctions violate nuclear deal, vows ‘proportional reaction’

Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks over the Iran nuclear deal during a press conference in Tehran, Ian on August 9, 2015 Iran said new sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday break the terms of its nuclear deal …

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Siemens plans Healthineers IPO in first half of 2018

Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee fixes barcode labels to the gantry of a Siemens Somatom computerized tomography (CT) scanner machine on the assembly line at the Siemens AG Healthineers factory in Forchheim, Germany, July 19, 2017. German industrial group Siemens plans an initial public offering of …

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US bans travel to North Korea from September, says Americans should leave

Getty Images The ‘Friendship Bridge’ is seen in the background as Chinese men take part in morning exercises on the Yalu river in the border city of Dandong, Liaoning province, northern China across from the city of Sinuiju, North Korea on May 23, 2017 in Dandong, China. A ban on …

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US Attorney subpoenas Kushner family’s real-estate business

Getty Images White House Senior Advisor and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner reads a statment in front of West Wing of the White House after testifying behind closed doors to the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election July 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. The …

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly hires pollster Joel Benenson

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the 2017 Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, hired a Democratic pollster and former top advisor to President Barack Obama as a consultant, according to a report from Politico. …

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US power and influence seen as major threat by over a third of people

Mikhail Klimentyev | TASS via Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump talking during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg. The power and influence of the U.S. is seen as a major threat by more than one third of …

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Trump’s biggest fear about Scottish independence appears to be about golf

Getty Images | Mirek Towski Donald Trump at his Million Dollar Invitational 54 Hole Golf Tournament on Saint Vincent and The Grenadines A transcript of a Wall Street Journal interview with President Donald Trump has revealed his concerns about what Scottish independence would mean for The Open golf championship. “Is …

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Kremlin says White House line on sanctions is contradictory

Mikhail Klimentyev | TASS via Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump talking during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg. The Kremlin said on Wednesday it is hearing contradictory statements from the White House on new sanctions on Russia …

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Abu Dhabi gives new deadline as 1MDB misses $600 million payment

Chris Jung | NurPhoto | Getty Images The 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad) logo pictured on a bus window in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund has given 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) five days to make a $600 million payment, which the troubled Malaysian state fund failed to pay …

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Bitcoin falls, futures for new ‘bitcoin cash’ swing as ‘miners’ officially split currency

Bitcoin traded slightly lower Tuesday as digital currency miners completed a split of the digital currency and worked to create more of the new, split-off coin called bitcoin cash. “A Bitcoin block was just mined that’s invalid for Bitcoin Cash nodes! [That] means the chain has now forked. Bitcoin Cash …

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