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Trump to meet May, Netanyahu, Kagame in Davos: White House

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US President Donald Trump is set to meet with the British and Israeli prime ministers, Theresa May and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Davos later this week, the White House said Tuesday. Trump will meet May Thursday to address the Syria conflict, Iran's "destabilizing" behavior, and the North Korean nuclear threat, National Security Advisor H.R.Read more

Trump to tell Erdogan of concern over Syria offensive

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President Donald Trump is expected to express American unease over a Turkish cross-border offensive into Syria, in a call scheduled with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a US official said Tuesday. "They are likely to talk soon," said a senior US administration official, confirming reports of a Trump-Erdogan call set for Wednesday. The US is urging restraint from Ankara after theRead more

Trump says NAFTA talks are 'moving along pretty well'

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believed the talks with Canada and Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement, which have just resumed, were "moving along pretty well." "I happen to be of the opinion that if it does not work out, we will terminate it, but I think they are doing pretty well (…) so we'll seeRead more

Facebook should pay for 'trusted' news

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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said Monday that large online platforms like Facebook should pay "trusted" news organizations as part of efforts to improve credibility and stem misinformation. In a statement issued by his News Corp, the publishing unit which includes newspapers in the United States, Britain and Australia, Murdoch offered up his idea as a way to boost trust in online newsRead more

IMF raises global growth forecasts, US tax cuts provide boost

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Global economies are recovering simultaneously and at a stronger pace, and will get at least a short-term boost from the US tax cuts, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. In the latest update to the IMF's World Economic Outlook, nearly all the forecasts for 2018 and 2019 were revised upward compared to the October edition. However, the fund warns that exuberant financialRead more

American artist Jack Whitten died

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American painter and sculptor Jack Whitten has died at the age of 78, his gallery announced on Sunday. The black artist was known for continually evolving over his five-decade career -- from painting to sculpture and from figurative to abstract. Born in Bessemer, Alabama on December 5, 1939, he grew up in the segregationist south of the United States, where he was anRead more

US Democrats accept compromise to end government shutdown

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US federal workers prepared to return to work Tuesday after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump claiming victory in his standoff with Democrats. The House voted 266 to 150 to extend federal funding for another three weeks, hours after Senate Democrats dropped their opposition to the plan after winning Republican assurances of a vote on immigration in the coming weeks.Read more

Senate votes to end US shutdown, bill heads to House

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The US Senate overcame days of acrimonious feuding on Monday to pass a temporary spending bill aimed at ending a three-day government shutdown. The measure funding federal operations until February 8 easily passed by a vote of 81 to 18, after Democrats won assurances from Republicans on addressing the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants facing possible deportationRead more