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US and EU reach deal to avert trade war

Jul 27, 2018

The EU and the US reached agreements in a Wednesday meeting in an effort to avert a trade-war, with discussion of further tariffs off the table for now, according to BBC News. President Donald Trump said he had...

Drug-resistant typhoid outbreak spreading rapidly in Pakistan

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Jul 17, 2018

Health, Science, World

A drug-resistant strain of typhoid is spreading in Pakistan, infecting over 2000 people in the past 6 months, according to Science. The new XDR (extensively drug resistant) strain of Salmonella typhi is vulnera...

Massive iceberg threatens Greenland settlement

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Jul 15, 2018

Environment, Science, World

A particularly massive iceberg is threatening a tiny seaside settlement on the west coast of Greenland, and has prompted a partial evacuation, according to NPR. The iceberg is 330 feet (100 meters) high, the si...

Strict plastic ban in effect for India’s largest city

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Jun 25, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science, World

The city of Mumbai banned single-use plastic items on Monday, making it the largest city in India to do so, according to The Guardian. Enforcement of the regulation will be strict, with up to a 25,000 rupee fi...

A “hard Brexit” could cost the UK £27 billion

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Jun 17, 2018

Policy, Science, World

A new report from global consultancy firm Oliver Wyman says that a worst-case scenario Brexit outcome, with the highest tariffs and other regulatory trade hurdles, could cost the British economy £27 billion. Su...

Russian hackers infiltrate hundreds of thousands of routers, says FBI

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May 28, 2018

Science, World

The FBI said Friday that Russian hackers had infiltrated and infected hundreds of thousands of routers in more than 50 countries, according to a Reuters report. The agency advised owners of several types of rou...

North Korea nuclear blast shifted the mountain above the test site, geologists say

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May 12, 2018

Science, World

New research, published this week in the journal Science, supports prior speculation that North Korea’s September nuclear test last year could have led to a collapse of the mountain in which the test site has h...

Trump to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal, despite calls from European allies

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May 9, 2018

Policy, Science, World

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will pull the US out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, reviving economic sanctions on the nation, according to Reuters. The US president called the agreement “a hor...

House of Lords votes to grant Parliament a larger role in Brexit talks

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Apr 30, 2018

Policy, Science, World

The UK’s House of Lords voted Monday to amend the EU withdrawal bill to allow Parliament a vote in whether the government can walk away from negotiations without reaching a deal. The move grants Parliament a mo...

North Korean peace efforts should be viewed with as much caution as optimism

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Apr 29, 2018

Opinion, Policy, Science, World

What began with mutual cooperation at the Olympics has blossomed rapidly into apparently serious peace talks on the Korean peninsula. The symbolic images of Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In sh...