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UK Prime Minister Theresa May receives the backing of her party on brexit

Carl Court | Getty Images British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May during her last campaign visit at the National Conference Centre on June 7, 2017 in Solihull, United Kingdom. While no challenge has yet materialized, the prime minister will have to conduct a leadership …

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Tesla shares rises on report carmaker plans massive China factory

VCG | Getty Images Elon Musk, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, addresses a press conference to declare that the Tesla Motors releases v7.0 System in China on a limited basis for its Model S, which will enable self-driving features such as Autosteer for a select group of …

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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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Trump’s busy week with NATO, the Queen, Putin and golf

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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Tesla hikes prices in China as trade war hits carmakers

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla vehicles are loaded onto a truck for transport at the company’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.  U.S. carmaker Tesla has hiked prices on its Model X and S cars by about 20 percent in China, becoming …

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Rescuers gear up for final push to save remaining five from Thai cave

Soe Zeya Tun | Reuters Soldiers and rescue workers walk past water pumped out of Tham Luang cave complex, where members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 5, 2018.  Rescuers resumed preparations on Tuesday for …

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Trade wars could lead to ‘a tax on the consumer’: Former Tiffany exec

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee restocks clothes on display at the Lululemon Athletica sports apparel store on Regent Street in London. So far, the Trump administration has placed no new duties on retail items such as apparel and electronics — something market watchers have awaited in …

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Turkey’s Erdogan names son-in-law finance minister in new cabinet

Ozan Kose | AFP | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) poses with Beraat Albayrak on May 29, 2018 in Istanbul.  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan named his son-in-law as Treasury and Finance minister in the new cabinet on Monday, sending the lira currency lower and likely deepening concern …

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