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Newspapers to bid for antitrust exemption to tackle Google and Facebook

View Pictures | UIG | Getty Images Buckingham Palace Road,United Kingdom, Architect London, Google London The News Media Alliance argue that, despite their growing dominance in news distribution, Facebook and Google lack the resources and ability to guarantee the accuracy of reporting upheld by reputable news associations. Facebook in particular …

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UK-US trade deal wouldn’t be enough to make up for leaving the EU

Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty Images A Union flag flies near the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, at the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 29, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday met with British Prime Minister Theresa May and said he hoped …

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Hamburg police fear further violence on final day of G-20 summit

Leon Neal | Getty Images A woman gestures during the ‘Welcome to Hell’ anti-G20 protest march on July 6, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. In the last three days, more than 200 police officers have been injured. Some 143 people have been arrested and 122 taken into custody. The number of …

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Trump claims other countries, as well as Russia, could have interfered in US election

Karol Serewis | Gallo Images Poland | Getty Images The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda meets the President of the United States Donald J. Trump on July 06, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. President Donald Trump thinks that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election but also believes …

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NATO allies look for reassurance from Trump in Warsaw

EMMANUEL DUNAND | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump listens to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s speech during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO summit U.S. President Donald Trump meets eastern NATO allies in Warsaw on Thursday amid expectations he will reaffirm Washington’s …

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Trials linked to downing of passenger flight MH17 to be held in Netherlands

Rob Stothard | Getty Images Ukrainian rescue servicemen look through the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Grabovo, Ukraine. The decision follows attempts, blocked by Russia in 2015, to set up an international court over the incident, which killed all 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight. Victims came …

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Macron’s State of the Union address: what next for France

Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe speaks as he presents the candidates for the ‘La Republique en marche’ party ahead of the June parliamentary elections Known as a ‘general policy statement’, the speech may also conclude with an optional confidence vote. This is …

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Police arrest man they say planned to kill French President Emmanuel Macron at Bastille Day parade

Etienne Laurent | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron walks through the Galerie des Bustes (Busts Gallery) to access the Versailles Palace’s hemicycle for a special congress gathering both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate), near Paris, France, July 3, 2017. A 23-year-old was arrested and charged with plotting to …

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Bank of England staff vote for first strike in 50 years

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England (BOE). Bank of England staff have voted to hold their first strike in more than 50 years in a push for higher pay, a union said on Monday, adding to pressure for an end to …

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Euro zone inflation eases less than expected, core measure up

Linus Hook | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shoppers walk past stores on Stroget in central Copenhagen, Denmark, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat estimated that consumer prices in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 1.3 percent year-on-year in June, decelerating form 1.4 percent in …

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