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US criticizes China’s retaliatory tariff measures

TheUnitedStatesonMondaycriticizedChina’sretaliatorytariffmeasuresas“unfairtrade”beforeunveilinganewlistoftariffsonChineseproductsthisweek.TheUStriggeredthetrade

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DPRK condemns latest US sanctions

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onSaturdaycondemnedthelatestsanctionstheUSannouncedthisweek.Thesanctionsare"amanifestationofheinousintentiontothrowawe

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Halle Berry, Carol Burnett among Golden Globe presenters

HalleBerry,GalGadotandChrisHemsworthareamongthefirstpresentersannouncedfornextmonth’sGoldenGlobeAwards.OtherpresentersannouncedThursdaybytheHollywoodForeignPres

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China sets 2019 deadline for automakers to meet green-car sales targets

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Saudi steps up fight against terrorism financing

SaudiArabianMonitoryAgency(SAMA)announcedMondaythesuspensionofthreemoneyexchangecompaniesformonitoryandregulatoryviolations.SAMAannouncedinastatementthatthoseco

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Dalian Wanda drops London Nine Elms Square deal

DalianWandaCommercialProperties,asubsidiaryofChina'sWandaGroup,haswalkedawayfroma470millionpound(603millionUSdollars)landpurchasedealforNineElmsSquareinLondon.T

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U.S. Republican Senator McCain will return Tuesday for healthcare vote

JohnMcCainannouncedheisreturningtoCapitolHillonTuesday,nearlyaweekafterhisofficeannouncedhewasdiagnosedwithbraincancer."SenatorMcCainlooksforwardtoreturningtoth

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Popular Chinese ACG website Bilibili strengthen its media regulation

ApopularChineseACG(Animation,ComicandGame)websiteannouncedonSundaythatreal-nameregistrationisrequiredforitsuserstopostvideosamidanationalcampaigntostrengthenmed

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Google’s new machine learning framework to put more AI on your phone

Atthemoment,artificialintelligencelivesinthecloud,butGoogle—andotherbigtechcompanies—wantitworkdirectlyonyourdevices,too.AtGoogleI/Otoday,thesearchgiantannounce

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UN chief names French diplomat as new peacekeeping head

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced that he intends to appoint Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a French diplomat, as under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations for one year.

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India unveils annual budget, pledging more rural spending and tax cuts for individuals

India Wednesday unveiled its annual Budget, pledging to boost rural spending and pull more people out of poverty, introducing tax cuts for individuals as well as small and medium-sized industries, and enforcing a curb on political funding.

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S.Korea to deploy U.S. missile defense system to southeastern region

South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday announced an agreement with the United States to deploy the U.S. missile defense system, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), to its southeastern region despite continued oppositions from neighboring countries.

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Cross-border M&A: Chinese enterprises involve global industrial integration

In the first half year, the number and transaction amount of overseas takeovers by Chinese enterprises climbed significantly and broke the record.

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Kobe Bryant's retirement tour fittingly ends as a footnote

One of the most well-known fables from classical folklore is the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The tale is about a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his flock of sheep.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell car in Dec.

Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor Corporation announced Tuesday that it will launch its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in Japan on Dec. 15, with the sales target of approximately 400 units in Japan by the end of 2015.

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Egypt sets May 26-27 for presidential polls

Egypt has set May 26 and 27 for the first round of presidential polls following the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, the Supreme Presidential Election Commission (SPEC) said in a press conference on Sunday.

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Japanese PM to visit Philippines this week

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have an official visit to the Philippines on July 26 and 27, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Monday.