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Ant Financial's takeover of MoneyGram draws US lawmakers' criticism

Chinese firm Ant Financial’s 1.2-billion-dollar acquisition of US cash-transfer group MoneyGram is in doubt after US lawmakers criticized the deal as a threat to national security.

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Ant Financial's takeover of MoneyGram draws US lawmakers' criticism

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US and China sign trade agreement

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Alipay, China’s top mobile payment service, expands to the U.S.

China’s dominant mobile payment service is making its move in the U.S..

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UK's May defeated as lawmakers demand power to reject final Brexit terms

Britain's upper house of parliament voted on Tuesday to give lawmakers more power to reject the final terms of the country's exit from the European Union, ignoring pleas from Prime Minister Theresa May's government not to hamstring their negotiations.

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Barack, Michelle Obama sign bumper book deal

Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal to publish their memoirs with New York-based Penguin Random House, in a coveted contract reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars.

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Brexit rebellion avoided after 'meaningful vote' offer

The government has seen off an attempt to add conditions to its Brexit bill as a Conservative rebellion was avoided.

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Australia "won't walk away" from free trade despite TPP blow: government

​Australia will work with the remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations and look to other nations to salvage what it can of the doomed free trade agreement after U.S. President Donald Trump's overnight decision to withdraw from the deal, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said.

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Iran's Rouhani says talk about renegotiating nuclear deal "meaningless"

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday U.S. President-elect Trump could not unilaterally cancel the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers including Washington and that talk of renegotiating it was "meaningless".

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As London softens on pace of Brexit, Brussels appears to harden

Just as London appears to be coming round to the idea that it will need a temporary transitional agreement with Brussels to smooth its exit from the European Union, it may find the position of European leaders has hardened.

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New American administration's Iran policy and its impact on Israel

Ahead of the inauguration of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, there is speculation in Israel on whether there will be a change in American policy towards Iran.

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Murdoch's Fox agrees $14.6 billion Sky deal to expand empire

Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox has struck a $14.6 billion deal to buy European pay-TV firm Sky that unites a media empire across two continents and helps it take on rivals like Netflix in the battle for viewers.

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Vietnam moves away from Trans-Pacific Partnership

​The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has caused Vietnam to look for new trade deals.

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Merkel, Hollande back extending sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

The leaders of France and Germany, speaking two days before an EU summit which will discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, said they want to extend sanctions against Russia due to a lack of progress in implementing a ceasefire deal.

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Iran says U.S. extension of sanctions act violates nuclear deal

Iran said on Friday the U.S. Senate's vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years violated the 2015 deal with six major powers that curbed its nuclear program and threatened to retaliate.

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Colombian Congress ratifies peace deal with FARC

Colombia's Congress unanimously approved a peace deal with FARC guerrillas to end more than a half-century of civil war, lawmakers said.

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Colombia signs contested new peace deal

Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord to end their half-century conflict, set to be ratified in Congress despite bitter opposition.