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A Starbucks in Xi‘an, Shaanxi Province, China. If Beijing’s trade tit-for-tat with Washington keeps escalating, some experts think American companies doing business in China should buckle up for a rough ride. The fast growing Chinese economy is a massive market for top U.S. brands such as Apple and Starbucks. (Photo by reibai) Photo used under CC BY

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How much ammo does China have for trade war?

President Donald Trump upped the ante with a threat to slap tariffs on a further $100 billion of Chinese exports. That prompted the Chinese government to warn it’s willing to take “new comprehensive measures” in response.

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White House sends mixed signals on trade clash

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TIME

Saudi Arabia outlaws spying on spouse’s phone

As part of a wide-ranging law designed to tackle cybercrime, Saudi Arabia has outlawed spying on your partner’s mobile phone.

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The Independent

Richest 1% on target to own 2/3 of all wealth by 2030

The world’s richest 1percent are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030, according to a shocking analysis. World leaders are being warned that the continued accumulation of wealth at the top will fuel growing distrust and anger over the coming decade.

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World Bank: Welfare got 50M out of poverty

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Lula begins prison sentence in Brazil

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has handed himself into police after spending two nights at the metalworkers’ union headquarters in São Paulo in defiance of an arrest warrant.

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Guardian

Trump slams Assad, Putin for attack in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump condemned a “mindless chemical attack” in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an “animal” and delivered a rare personal criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting Damascus.

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Strikes hit Syrian airfield, state media report

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BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights funding up 50% in a decade

Funding for human rights increased by almost 50 percent during the first half of this decade. Between 2011 and 2015, foundation funding for human rights worldwide by increased 44 percent, from almost $1.4 billion to more than $2 billion, peaking at $2.3 billion in 2014.

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NonProfit Times

Publishers charged in human-trafficking probe

A founder of a 45-year-old alternative weekly newspaper in Phoenix has been charged in the apparent culmination of a federal human-trafficking investigation.

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USA TODAY

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Hungary: PM Viktor Orban declares victory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had declared victory after preliminary results show his anti-migrant party is projected to win a commanding majority in the country’s key parliamentary elections.

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Al Jazeera

N. Korea set to discuss denuclearization

North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Donald Trump

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Reuters

US slaps sanctions on Putin cronies

The United States imposed major sanctions against 24 Russians, striking at allies of President Vladimir Putin in one of Washington’s most aggressive moves to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and other “malign activity.”

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Reuters

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Russia and China are closer than ever before

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Newsweek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Adults keep growing brain cells

Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people.

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ScienceDaily

First luxury hotel in space announced

Want to see 16 sunrises in one day? Float in zero gravity? Be one of the few to have gazed upon our home planet from space? In just four years’ time, and for an astronomical $9.5 million dollars, you can.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Giant condoms and buckets of fake blood

The French film 120 Beats Per Minute depicts the urgency of the HIV/Aids crisis through the eyes of the Paris branch of the radical campaigners. Members of the international group recall what it was really like.

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Guardian

WHO gets ready for ‘Disease X’

World Health Organization included “Disease X” in its most recent global plan for accelerating research during health emergencies like the Ebola, SARS, Zika epidemics.

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GOOD NEWS

African boy lives dream to go to school

Ziki, an 11-year-old orphan, was one of an estimated 40,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo who get paid a pittance to produce the cobalt that powers our electronics.

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CBS News

Milwaukee couple sells off art to benefit needy

Tony and Pat Busalacchi‘s art collection, featured inside their retirement community, is a portrait of their nearly six-decade journey together – a journey that now finds them giving back to the city they’ve called home nearly all their lives.

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msn.com

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Huge wage gap at Hong Kong NGOs

A social welfare union has found that the highest-earning staff at five non-governmental organizations receive over HK$2 million (US $254,846) a year, sparking criticism over pay gaps between different employees.

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Hong Kong Free Press

Conflict hampers disaster relief in New Guinea

Children were receiving trauma counseling, playing games and doing puzzles at a UNICEF makeshift childcare center following a month of devastating earthquakes in Papua New Guinea when the bullets started flying.

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The Age

ENVIRONMENT

EPA downplays human role in climate change

The EPA has circulated new talking points instructing staffers to say that “clear gaps” exist in understanding whether human activity contributes to climate change.

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CNN

Huge crack hints Africa will one day split in 2

A giant and mysterious crack in the earth has emerged in Kenya, in an event which supports theories the continent of Africa will one day split in two. The 20-metre-wide crack emerged overnight in an area slightly west of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

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Why this giant crack opened up in Kenya

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National Geographic

ECONOMY

China promises to fight back against US tariffs

China has warned it would fight back “at any cost” with fresh trade measures if the United States continues on its path of protectionism, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods.

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CNBC

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US trade with China, explained

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Africa economy to surpass $2 trillion by 2020

In a new report, IFC says despite the recent economic drag, Africa is a rapidly expanding market as Sub-Saharan Africa economy quintupled over the last two decades, from $300 billion in 2000 to $1.6 trillion in 2017

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Capital Business

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Nepali children smile for the camera. (Photo by Esmar Abdul Hamid) Photo used under CC BY

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