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Twitter price target raised to $52 by UBS, citing World Cup; shares rise

Donat Sorokin | TASS | Getty Images Girls take a selfie by the Russia 2018 sign of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Twitter shares could add to strong gains this year as the World Cup spurs engagement and continued strength in ad sales give the social media …

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23 candidates including Mnangagwa, Chamisa

Jekesai Njikizana | AFP | Getty Images Activists from Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) Youth League march for peace ahead of the July 30 general elections on June 6, 2018, in Harare, Zimbabwe. A record-breaking 23 people have put themselves forward to lead the …

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China will immediately implement tariffs on the same scale as the US

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping chat as they walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. China’s Commerce Ministry said Friday that it will respond immediately on the same scale …

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Merkel’s position as German chancellor under threat over CSU CDU immigration split

Sean Gallup | Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the media after preliminary coalition talks collapsed on November 19, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. A split over immigration between Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister Christian Social Union (CSU) party is threatening to end her 12-year …

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Shares of chipmaker NXP on wild ride amid conflicting reports about Chinese approval of Qualcomm bid

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microprocessors sit on a circuit board labelled ‘true Automotive Ethernet’ at the NXP Semiconductors NV pavilion at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Shares of NXP Semiconductors rose in extended trading Friday amid conflicting reports about whether Chinese regulators have approved Qualcomm’s …

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Professor Stephen Hawking’s words to be beamed into space

Desiree Martin | AFP | Getty Images Stephen Hawking gives a lecture on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on September 23, 2014. The voice of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in March, is to be beamed into space Friday, following a memorial service held at Westminster Abbey in …

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White House to announce tariffs on list of products

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping leave after an opera performance at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, November 8, 2017. The prospect of a full blown trade war between the United States and China — the world’s two biggest economies — sounds scary …

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China promises fast response if US hurts its interests

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, greet attendees waving American and Chinese national flags during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. China said on Friday it would respond …

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New Zealand announces tourist tax to fund straining infrastructure

Doug Pearson | Getty Images New Zealand, Auckland, Waitakere Harbour, Elevated View over Devenport towards CBD with Sky Tower at dawn New Zealand’s Labour-led government said on Friday it plans to impose a tax on most international visitors to fund infrastructure and ease strains on the South Pacific nation’s booming …

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Japan’s SoftBank to invest $100 billion in India solar power project

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during a press conference on May 9, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank Group has decided to invest $60 billion-$100 billion in a solar power project in India, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. SoftBank and …

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