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Putin

Vox Sentences: Election security — a laughing matter

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for whats happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The Supreme Court will finally rule on…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Trade War

America and China resume talks in a bid to end their trade war

XI JINPING and Donald Trump claim to be fond of each other. After a year of spiralling disputes between America and China, their professions of friendship are hard to believe. But it is true that whenever they get together, they usually succeed in stabilising…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

AR-15

Did Sig Sauer Just Make the Ultimate AR-15 Rifle?

Charlie Gao Security, Or not? Did Sig Sauer Just Make the Ultimate AR-15 Rifle? While only FN and Colt supply AR-style rifles to the U.S. military, plenty of American gun manufacturers supply arms to other militaries worldwide. Czech and Georgian units a…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Xi Jinping

Trump, Xi set for high-stakes trade war talks in Japan

OSAKA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set for a high-stakes meeting in Japan on Saturday that could salvage trade talks or plunge the world’s two largest economies into a deeper trade war. The dispute ha…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Belt and Road

World Bank chief urges reforms to attract investment amid trade uncertainty

(Reuters) - Uncertainty from trade tensions and slowing global growth is increasing the need for developing countries to pursue reforms that make them more attractive to private investment, World Bank President David Malpass said on Friday. Malpass, who is …

bubmagJune 29, 2019

NASDAQ

iHeartMedia Approved for Direct Listing on NASDAQ

iHeartMedia will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 18th, as a direct listing rather than an initial public offering, the company announced today. The move is similar to the one Spotify took last year and frees the company from some of t…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Putin

Hello(?)! Is it me you’re looking for? Trump solicits Kim Jong-Un over Twitter at G20

Hello(?)! We're living in weird times. The same day Trump shared a giggle with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he appears to dangle a solicitation for a quickie meetup with North Korean bestie Kim Jong-Un, by way of a public message on Twitter. Have the…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Putin

G20: ‘Get rid of them,’ Trump says of journalists. Putin: I too suffer ‘problem’ of ‘fake news’ in Russia. They chuckle.

Today is the one year anniversary of the 2018 Capitol Gazette mass shooting, in which a gunman shot and killed 5 people, and injured more. At the G20 summit today on the other side of the world, illegitimate United States president Donald Trump shared a chuc…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

Riots

John Shearer, Who Photographed Tumultuous 1960s, Dies at 72

Mr. Parks had advised John as a youth to show only his best work. His father sought to impart the same lesson, telling his son that because he was black, he would have to work extra hard. Shoot for the moon, his father said, to land on the roof. John…

bubmagJune 29, 2019

NSA

NSA Improperly Collected US Phone Call Data After Saying Problem Was Fixed

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bubmagJune 29, 2019

Vox Sentences: Election security — a laughing matter

America and China resume talks in a bid to end their trade war

Did Sig Sauer Just Make the Ultimate AR-15 Rifle?

Trump, Xi set for high-stakes trade war talks in Japan

World Bank chief urges reforms to attract investment amid trade uncertainty

iHeartMedia Approved for Direct Listing on NASDAQ

Hello(?)! Is it me you’re looking for? Trump solicits Kim Jong-Un over Twitter at G20

G20: ‘Get rid of them,’ Trump says of journalists. Putin: I too suffer ‘problem’ of ‘fake news’ in Russia. They chuckle.

John Shearer, Who Photographed Tumultuous 1960s, Dies at 72

NSA Improperly Collected US Phone Call Data After Saying Problem Was Fixed

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