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UK seeks to boost trade with China

Prime Minister Theresa May is going to China to boost trade, but will she be seen as a strong partner? British Prime Minister Theresa May is on her way to China for a visit intended to boost trade between the countries. She is taking a large delegation of manufacturers, bankers and heads of service industries with her. But the visit […]

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Rising internet shutdowns aimed at 'silencing dissent'

Governments around the world are increasingly cutting off internet access in the wake of people’s protests. Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an apparent attempt to silence discontent and dissent, activists say. In 2017, internet access was cut off more than 80 times around the world, up from 56 times the year before, drawing concerns […]

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Boy blinded and paralysed in Gaza war dies aged nine

Mohammad Hadaf, who was struck by an Israeli missile aged six, is among more than 500 children killed in the conflict. Nine-year-old Mohammad Hadaf sustained severe injuries in an Israeli air strike during the 2014 Gaza War when he was six, leaving him paralysed, blinded, and unable to speak. He finally succumbed to his wounds on December 6, last year. […]

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Minister vows to overhaul £14billion foreign aid budget

Minister vows to overhaul Britain’s ‘unsustainable’ £14billion foreign aid budget and says profits from overseas investments should be poured back into the NHS Penny Mordaunt admitted Britain’s foreign aid spending target is unsustainable  International Development Secretary pledged to overhaul £14.1billion budget Miss Mordaunt said she would seek to get the international rules on foreign aid rewritten so the profits could […]

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Inside open-air greenhouse where marijuana is grown for doctors not dealers

In a vast open-air greenhouse thousands of sweet-smelling marijuana plants are being grown for doctors rather than dealers. This immense plantation in the lush green mountains above the Colombian city of Medellin is the heart of the world’s foremost fully-licensed medicinal cannabis farm. Here at PharmaCielo, leading scientists and horticulturists are working together to convert the plants’ sticky flowers into […]

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Overnight standoff near Lac La Biche leads to charges

One man is facing 23 charges after an overnight standoff with Lac La Biche RCMP earlier this week. Police were called to a home in the area of Highway 663 and Holowachuk Estates after reports that shots were fired at around 4 p.m. Police arrived and were told there was a man inside with a gun. Officers contained the area […]

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Venezuela studying partial force majeure after US sanctions: oil minister

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is studying several measures to react to new U.S sanctions against state-run oil firm PDVSA including partial force majeure, Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo said on Tuesday. Quevedo told a news conference that oil tankers leaving Venezuelan ports must pay for crude before departing. The Trump administration announced sweeping sanctions on PDVSA on Monday aimed at driving […]

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