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    World Russia-China ‘joint air patrol’ stokes tensions – BBC News

    Russia says it has carried out its first ever joint air patrol with China, prompting both South Korea and Japan to send jets in response. … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LBSETF Get more World News
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    World U.S. to pay $15 minimum per acre to farmers hurt by China trade war – Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will pay a minimum of $15 per acre to farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China under an aid package to be unveiled before the end of the week, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday.... Read more via Reuters –...
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    World CEO tries to play hero, pay for students’ late lunch bills: School board says no – USA Today

    The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO’s offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday. Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based...
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    World Robert Mueller’s Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know – Wired

    Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s hearings before the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees Wednesday should be among the most important moments of the Trump presidency—the rare, and perhaps only, chance to question the man who has spent two years investigating and uncovering the...
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    World Snap stock spikes 9% fueled by new Android app and AR photo lenses – VentureBeat

    (Reuters) — Snap’s Snapchat on Tuesday beat analysts’ estimates for user growth and revenue, getting a boost from a better version of its Android app and the launch of new augmented reality photo lenses. The company said the number of daily active users rose to 203 million in the … Read...
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    World China Says It Will Not Rule out Using Force to Reunify Taiwan With the Mainland – TIME

    (BEIJING) — China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat “separatists.” In a national defense white paper released Wednesday, China listed among its top priorities its resolve to...
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    World British man living in New York, kills wife, 12-year-old daughter and himself – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Steven Jones, a British ex-pat living in New York reportedly killed his American wife and 12-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself. The 46-year-old British man had a day before the double murder-suicide incident, sent an email to a family friend of more than 40 years, Kenneth...
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    World Father pulls son out of school so he can focus on video games full time – Myjoyonline

    In a time when parents around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about how much time their children are spending in front of the computer screen playing popular video games like Fortnite, one Canadian father is sparking controversy for supporting his son’s eSports career, going as far...
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    World Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia – BBC News

    Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and Thailand say. The parasites have moved from Cambodia to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, where half of patients are not being cured by first-choice drugs. … Read more via BBC News –...
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