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Jun 25 2019
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Pain From Trump's China Tariffs Spreads, Reshaping Global Trade
President Donald Trump often cites China’s massive exports to the U.S. as a grave injustice hanging over the world economy. But lately it pays to look at Chinese imports for the pain that his tariff wars are inflicting on global growth.
The world’s biggest trading nation last month saw imports from Japan, South Korea and the U.S. fall sharply from a year earlier, according to official
BloombergFeb 26 2020
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Coronavirus Sparks Talk of Global Recession and 'Economic Pandemic' as Stock Markets Dive
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 80,000, with new outbreaks in Italy and Iran and a worsening situation in South Korea, stock markets plummeted amid analysts' fears that the health emergency might spark a global recession.
But others cautioned that the risk of recession is low and China will likely contain the new coronavirus by the end of March, staving off an
NewsweekMar 29 2021
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Ever Given Partially Afloat As Salvage Teams Race To Reopen Suez Canal
Six days after a massive cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal and drove traffic to a standstill in one of the world's most important waterways, authorities reported the vessel was partially afloat.
Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, announced early Monday, that the stern of the Ever Given container ship had been moved 102 meters from shore; it had been just 4 feet
NPR (Online News)Jun 18 2017
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US Sailors Found Dead After Collision
Several US sailors were found dead in flooded berthing compartments after the USS Fitzgerald's collision with a cargo ship off Japan.
CNN Digital Fox News Digital New York Times (News)Aug 06 2019
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Proposals to Prevent Future Shootings
“Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he will propose bipartisan legislation to encourage more states to adopt ‘red flag’ laws after a pair of horrific mass shootings. The South Carolina Republican’s announcement came soon after President Donald Trump also called for such laws, which allow police and family members to request that a court temporarily restrict the access to firearms of people who
The Flip SideApr 19 2015
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Obama Tries Tough Sale of TPP Trade Deal to Fellow Democrats
President Barack Obama defended his push Friday to strike a major trade deal with 11 Pacific nations as necessary to boost the economy and help working Americans, but acknowledged a tough battle ahead to win support from many within his own party.
After long relying on Democrats to advance his agenda, Mr. Obama must now depend largely on Republicans to pass a bill that would clear the
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 11 2021
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At G-7 summit, Biden looks to reassert American leadership for a wary, weary West
Biden's election has seen "a dramatic shift in America's international image," Pew said, with public opinion rebounding in a dozen key countries since he became president.
The first foreign trip of Joe Biden's presidency will be far more than a few smiling photo ops and well-manicured communiqués.
Many see his attendance at the Group of Seven summit and then the NATO summit over
NBC News DigitalApr 22 2021
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At ‘moment of peril,’ Biden opens global summit on climate
Declaring that the United States and other big economies must “get this done,” President Joe Biden opened a global climate summit Thursday aimed at getting world leaders to dig deeper on emissions cuts. The United States pledged to cut in half the amount of climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes it is pumping out.
“Meeting this moment is about more than preserving our planet,” Biden
Associated PressJun 03 2021
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Naomi Osaka
“Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition… The stunning move came a day after Osaka, a 23-year-old who was born in Japan and moved with her family to the U.S. at age 3, was fined $15,000 for skipping the postmatch news conference after her first-round victory at the French Open. She also was threatened by all
The Flip SideJun 20 2019
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S&P 500 Hits Record High as Fed Poised to Cut Rates
U.S. stocks surged to a record at the open of regular trading, while Treasuries extended gains and the dollar slumped as the Federal Reserve’s dovish shift reverberated through markets. Gold rose to the highest in more than five years.
The benchmark S&P 500 Index surpassed the previous all-time closing high of 2,945.83 set on April 30 and is up more than 17% this year.
The
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