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Turkish markets sink as President Erdogan hires son-in-law as finance minister

Ozan Kose | AFP | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) poses with Beraat Albayrak on May 29, 2018 in Istanbul.  Turkish assets slipped Tuesday after re-elected President Recep Erdogan appointed his new cabinet ministers amid the adoption of sweeping new executive powers. The country’s benchmark BIST 100 …

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US withdrawal Paris agreement may affect climate change: Ban Ki-moon

Pauline Askin | Reuters Adelie penguins stand atop a block of melting ice on a rocky shoreline at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, in East Antarctica. In 2016, the United States and China issued a joint statement confirming that both countries would sign the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to tackle …

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NATO, the Queen, Putin and some golf – Trump has a busy week coming up

Chris Jackson | Getty Images (L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R) watch the fly-past from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following …

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