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  Last update: 03:09 22.05.2019

  03:09 22.05.2019

  US

  US-China Trade War Sees 40 Percent of US Firms Relocate Operations Beyond China - Report

  The American Chamber of Commerce of China and its body in Shanghai, citing a recent survey of members on the impact of tariffs, said that 40.7 percent of respondents were considering or had relocated manufacturing facilities outside China, according to Reuters.

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  Last update: 03:37 22.05.2019

  03:37 22.05.2019

  Middle East

  Syrian Daesh Fighters Could Turn Iraq Into Terrorist Breeding Ground - UN Envoy

  UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - A new generation of Daesh fighters might emerge in Iraq if the issue of returning terrorists from Syria is not appropriately managed, UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the Security Council.

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  Last update: 03:44 22.05.2019

  03:44 22.05.2019

  Latin America

  US Mulls Charges, Sanctions Over Venezuelan Military Food-Aid Program - Reports

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States plans to impose new measures ranging from sanctions to criminal charges against people involved in Venezuela's military-run emergency food program, media reported Tuesday.

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  Last update: 02:54 22.05.2019

  02:54 22.05.2019

  Opinion

  No Chances for Trump to Stop China’s Rise, Prosperity – Scholar

  US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox News, said that China will not become the world’s top superpower under his watch. Does this mean that the trade war will last as long as Trump is in power?

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  Last update: 23:58 21.05.2019

  23:58 21.05.2019

  Society

  Video Game Maker Removes ‘Assassinate a Journalist’ Sniper Mission (VIDEO)

  A video game for mobile devices called “Sniper 3D Assassin” was recently found to feature a twisted mission plot: assassinating a journalist who’s receiving sensitive documents from a police officer. After heaps of outrage, maker TFG has removed the mission.

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  Last update: 00:10 22.05.2019

  00:10 22.05.2019

  US

  ‘Oreo?’: US HUD Head Mistakes Real Estate Term for Cookie During Questioning (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

  During his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday, US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson got a crash course on property terminology after incorrectly identifying and then guessing what the acronym “REO” means.

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  Last update: 22:40 21.05.2019

  22:40 21.05.2019

  Environment

  Cleaner, Healthier, Deadlier? Great White Tracked in Long Island Sound for First Time (PHOTOS)

  For the first time ever, marine scientists have tracked a 10-foot great white shark in the Long Island Sound, a tidal estuary between Connecticut and New York’s Long Island.

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  Last update: 21:56 21.05.2019

  21:56 21.05.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Taliban Fighters Hid in Sewage Truck for March Ambush on US-Afghan Base

  When Taliban fighters mounted a deadly early morning attack on a key military base in southwestern Afghanistan earlier this year, they hid inside a sewage truck’s tank to sneak inside the facility.