1. Operation Chaos: Whitehall's secret no‑deal Brexit preparations leaked  The Times
2. Boris Johnson: UK 'will be ready' for no-deal Brexit  BBC News
3. Boris Johnson to face EU leaders for Brexit talks as uncertainty roils UK markets  CNBC
4. Boris Johnson 'confident' EU will back down in Brexit talks  The Guardian
5. UK faces food and fuel shortages in no-deal Brexit, says leaked plan  CNN
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The government is set to sign up companies to a key system to make them ready for a no-deal Brexit.

BORIS JOHNSON is committed to leaving the EU on October 31 “whatever the circumstances”, but a group of Remain-supporting ministers and Labour Party ...

Leaked documents outline possibility of hard border and shortages of food and medicine.

MALAYSIA has offered the UK a Brexit trade deal and has welcomed Boris Johnson's determination to “shed European red tape and protectionism”.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via OTC PR WIRE -- The Yield Growth Corp. (CSE: BOSS) (OTC: BOSQF) (Frankfurt: ...

Support for the union is growing among voters, but not because the EU has done something right itself.

The U.S. trade deficit with the European Union in the first half of the year rose more than 11 percent when compared to a year earlier. Although Trump has ...

Manila, 19 August 2019 – In response to a series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks that hit northern Philippines in late July, the European Union is ...

The bloc says the impact on the UK will be "proportionally much greater", as Boris Johnson says Britain can "definitely" be ready.

1. Chinese K-Pop Stars Voice Support for Beijing's One-China Policy on Hong Kong  TIME
2. Pence talks tough to China over Hong Kong protests as trade war continues  CNN
3. China's State Media Is Putting Ads Calling Hong Kong Protesters "Violent" On Facebook And Twitter  BuzzFeed News
4. What is China’s propaganda machine saying about the Hong Kong protests?  Washington Post
5. With Troop Buildup, China Sends a Stark Warning to Hong Kong  The New York Times
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1. Twitter says accounts linked to China tried to ‘sow political discord’ in Hong Kong  TechCrunch
2. Facebook and Twitter Say China Is Spreading Disinformation in Hong Kong  The New York Times
3. Twitter removes nearly 1,000 accounts tied to China's campaign against Hong Kong protesters  The Guardian
4. Twitter reveals over 900 Chinese accounts meant to stoke Hong Kong unrest  Axios
5. China has been running a covert social-media operation targeting Hong Kong protesters, Twitter says  CNN
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The cadence of the U.S.-China trade war has become all too familiar, with periods of amicable albeit tense negotiation punctuated by Washington's escalation of ...

Twitter and Facebook have suspended numerous accounts that they say are tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in ...

The US Commerce Department said Monday it is adding more than 45 new businesses associated with Huawei, the embattled Chinese technology giant, to an ...

It's time to reverse the reliance on military action rather than diplomacy.

The world's headlong dash to zero or negative interest rates just passed another milestone: Homebuyers in Denmark effectively are being paid to take out ...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., ...

The first handful of League of Legends teams across major regions have qualified for October's world championship in Europe. Here's what to know about them.

Average U.S. cable bills are $100. To effectively "cut the cord", consumers have room only for 3 SVODs plus live TV to justify the move. Netflix is still our first ...

A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and ...

These shells are worth a fortune, but the price in environmental damage and heightened military tensions in the South China Sea is vastly higher.

MANILA, Philippines — The US Air Force has been playing a big role in maritime domain awareness in the South China Sea to ensure that the disputed ...

MANILA – The Philippines have begun to push back against the strong and sustained presence of Beijing's paramilitary ships in the South China Sea, calling ...

VIETNAM has made a desperate plea to Beijing to remove its vessels from a disputed region within the South China Sea.

In recent weeks, Russian security forces have arrested more than 1,000 demonstrators in ongoing rallies against restrictions affecting local elections. But earlier ...

The United States has tested a land-launched cruise missile surpassing a limit set by a decades-old deal with Russia since scrapped by President Donald ...

The number of Russian nuclear-monitoring stations that have gone silent has doubled to four, an international arms-control official said on Monday, heightening ...

Newly collated evidence documenting Russian military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine will be used to bolster legal claims against the Russian state by ...

In 1995, I visited the Russian nuclear weapons city of Sarov. Here, I'm showing a copy of the newspaper where I worked at the time, the Los Alamos Monitor, ...

1. Boris Johnson orders action to stop measles spread  BBC News
2. UK steps up fight after losing 'measles-free' status  CNN
3. The UK has lost its World Health Organization ‘measles-free’ status  New Scientist News
4. UK's Johnson slams 'mumbo-jumbo' about vaccines after measles rates rise  Reuters UK
5. Boris Johnson takes on anti-vaxxers after UK loses 'measles-free' status  Metro.co.uk
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The move in Europe to get tough on tech is partly thanks to an awakening that began with the experiences of women in politics.

The Turkish firm poised to buy British Steel recently announced plans to move a chemicals factory it owns from Tyneside to Europe, after sounding the alarm ...

The direction Brexit will take could become clearer this week as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to meet his German and French counterparts.

National Farmers' Union says only farms in south-east England able to start harvest.

1. Germany's central bank issues recession warning  CNN
2. Germany likely to head into recession, central bank warns  The Guardian
3. Wide implications as Germany teeters toward recession  Washington Post
4. Bundesbank Warns German Economy Could Enter Recession  Bloomberg
5. Germany likely to tip into recession, Bundesbank warns  Financial Times
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Sinking debt yields show Europe's largest economy is in a doom loop that will be hard to escape. Also, reflexivity and markets.

The German government could come up with $55 billion (50 billion euros) in stimulus should the country's economy fall on hard times, German Finance Minister.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as politicians and central bankers face pressure to fight looming downturn.

At a moment when populism is riding high in different corners of Europe, a slowdown in the Continent's richest democracy could add fuel to the fire.

1. U.S. Gives Companies More Time to Cease Doing Business With Huawei  The New York Times
2. Trump says he doesn't want to do business with Huawei due to national security concerns  CNBC
3. US expands blacklist but gives Huawei another 90-day reprieve  CNN
4. US gives Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers: Wilbur Ross  Fox Business
5. Trump calls blacklisted Huawei a national security threat and says he doesn't want to do business with it 'at all' in an apparent policy flip  Business Insider
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1. America's CEOs just made a significant, if mainly symbolic, change  CNN
2. Shareholder Value Is No Longer Everything, Top C.E.O.s Say  The New York Times
3. Move Over, Shareholders: Top CEOs Say Companies Have Obligations to Society  The Wall Street Journal
4. Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations  The Washington Post
5. The CEOs of nearly 200 companies just said shareholder value is no longer their main objective  CNBC
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Ray Dalio called on investors to “find the next storehold of wealth”. These trends in business just may produce those results.

Which expenses are business and which are personal? You might think it's obvious, but your view and the IRS view may differ.

Most people see their book consumption spike in the Summer. This is certainly true for me. I do my best to stay on top of the news daily by reading about the ...

1. Amazon is passing along costs of a new digital tax to thousands of French sellers  CNBC
2. Amazon to pass along costs of France's 'digital services tax'  CNN
3. Facebook, Google, Amazon to protest France's new digital services tax  INSIDER
4. US tech companies call on France to abandon digital tax plans  Financial Times
5. Amazon, Google, Facebook testify against France’s digital sales tax  Yahoo Finance
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There is a restaurant in the South of France that's worth a detour. Truth be told, it's worth the entire journey. Château Saint-Martin Trencavel, a diminutive castle ...

PARIS — The police in France are hunting for a customer accused of fatally shooting a waiter at a restaurant near Paris because, witnesses said, he was upset ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday in the hope he can persuade Russia to return to ...

France has a long history of using official institutions to protect the French language from outside influence. Still, English keeps working its way in.

Planning a trip to Italy is half about the history and beauty and half about the food. Enjoying everything that Italian cuisine has to offer can be daunting, especially ...

The body of a French hiker who disappeared in Italy after making an emergency call 10 days ago has been found in a ravine near Naples. Simon Gautier, 27 ...

Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini's push for power in Italy ran into trouble Sunday with the strongest indication yet that his rivals may be able to forge an alliance to ...

By now, most regular visitors to Italy know that things like swimming in fountains and street drinking are not just frowned upon, but likely to land you with a fine or ...

This is the third part of my series about indigenous varieties in Italy. Cantina Tramin Winery in the villages of Tramin. Excellent examples of Lagrein are produced ...

1. Turkey removes three top Kurdish mayors in major crackdown  BBC News
2. Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors, arrests more than 400  Al Jazeera English
3. Turkey Fires Kurdish Mayors Ahead of Military Push Into Syria  Bloomberg
4. Turkey suspends three mayors, alleging links to Kurdish militants  The Washington Post
5. Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors from office  DW (English)
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1. Russia's bloody message to Turkey in Syria  Washington Examiner
2. Turkey says one of its convoys was hit by an airstrike in Syria  CNN
3. Turkey says military convoy targeted in northern Syria  Al Jazeera English
4. Turkey 'strongly' condemns air strike on its convoy in Syria  FRANCE 24 English
5. Syria slams Turkey, says it's sending weapons to rebels  ABC News
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Despite Turkey already proving itself to be a trustworthy partner, the EU seems to lack vision. The readmission agreement between the two sides is the latest ...

Turkish Armed Forces destroyed PKK terror targets in northwestern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Aug. 19.

The Pentagon says the US decision to boot Turkey from the F-35 program for buying a Russian missile system could have implications for nations that invest in ...

1. Syrian civil war: Damascus condemns Turkey convoy for Idlib  BBC News
2. Turkish military convoy hit by airstrike in northern Syria  The Washington Post
3. Turkey says military convoy targeted in northern Syria  Al Jazeera English
4. Turkish convoy in Syria hit by airstrikes, Ankara claims  The Guardian
5. The U.N. Helps Syria Bomb the Opposition  Foreign Policy
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1. Syrian government forces enter key Idlib town amid fierce clashes  Middle East Eye
2. Air raids on Syria's Idlib kill family of seven, say activists  Al Jazeera English
3. Civilian death toll mounts as Syrian offensive widens  Reuters
4. Syrian government troops enter terrorist-held Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib — TV  TASS
5. Khan Sheikhoun a ghost town as Syrian regime advances  The Defense Post
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Jouma and his family were fleeing their home when an air strike hit, leaving him blind aged three.

A Syrian government warplane has been shot down during fighting in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. It happened near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, ...

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces captured an important village in the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday, drawing close to a major town in the last ...

1. Panic in the world's largest refugee settlement: 'I will kill ... my entire family if I am forced to leave'  Los Angeles Times
2. Bangladesh ready to repatriate 3,500 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar  TRT World
3. Rohingya Refugee Children Missing Out on Education and Viable Future  VOA News
4. Bangladesh and UNHCR to survey Rohingya regarding return to Myanmar after earlier repatriation bid failed  The Japan Times
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In July, news broke that the Trump administration was weighing the possibility of admitting zero refugees for resettlement in 2020 — a move unprecedented in ...

The biggest misconceptions and myths about refugees and the refugee crisis.

Metadrasi provides translators, transport and helps find homes for unaccompanied minors.

A population of Bosnians, up to 70000 at its peak, is moving out of the city in search of safer neighborhoods and better opportunities.

1. Dow jumps on hopeful signals about trade  CNN
2. Trump: US Economy 'Poised for Big Growth After Trade Deals'  Market Realist
3. White House pushes back against recession fears, defends trade war  CNBC
4. Trump 'not ready' for China trade deal, dismisses recession fears  Reuters
5. Trump Trade Adviser Claims China Tariffs 'Not Hurting Anybody' In U.S.  HuffPost
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1. Pence talks tough to China over Hong Kong protests as trade war continues  CNN
2. Pence suggests Hong Kong clampdown could prevent China trade deal  Axios
3. Pence warns violence in Hong Kong could sour trade talks with China  MLive.com
4. Donald Trump: Hong Kong crackdown would hurt China trade deal  DW (English)
5. Trump warns Tiananmen-style HK crackdown would harm trade deal  Yahoo News
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The ongoing U.S.-China trade war is negatively impacting the outlook for U.S. crude shipments, energy analysts have warned.

The Trump administration has extended a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei, even as questions remain over how much of an effect broader ...

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that tariffs on Chinese goods are not hurting consumers in the United ...

1. Bureau of Prisons chief removed in wake of Jeffrey Epstein suicide  CNN
2. Barr removes US prisons chief following Epstein’s death in jail  Fox News
3. Attorney General Barr orders removal of acting US prisons director after Epstein's death  CNBC
4. After Epstein’s death, attorney general replaces leader at Bureau of Prisons  The Washington Post
5. U.S. Prisons Chief Removed in Wake of Epstein Suicide  The Wall Street Journal
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1. Eric Garner: NY officer in 'I can't breathe' death fired  BBC News
2. NYPD officer in Eric Garner case fired: Live updates  CNN
3. The NYPD officer accused of killing Eric Garner has been fired. Don't tell me I should be happy  The Independent
4. The real Pantaleo decision will be felt on the street (opinion)  SILive.com
5. NYPD officer accused of choking Eric Garner fired  CNN
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1. Trump Dismisses Recession Fears, Saying Fed Must Help The Economy  NPR
2. Trump tests a materialistic message to voters  CNN
3. In Economic Warning Signals, Trump Sees Signs of a Conspiracy  The New York Times
4. Steel Yourself for the Trump Slump  Bloomberg
5. Steve Hilton: Trump-haters hype up a recession while the real economy is booming  Fox News
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1. Planned Parenthood refuses Title X funding over Trump abortion gag rule  Los Angeles Times
2. Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Funding  The New York Times
3. Planned Parenthood and other clinics at risk as Title X "gag rule" goes into effect  CBS News
4. Planned Parenthood whistleblower gets $3M from Arizona court after wrongful termination  Fox News
5. Planned Parenthood pulls out of family planning program over Trump abortion rule  POLITICO
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1. Ghislaine Maxwell's sister spotted packing bags near socialite's rumored home  New York Post
2. Buckingham Palace responds after video shows Prince Andrew in Epstein mansion  CBS This Morning
3. Amid A Brewing Royal Scandal, Prince Andrew Distances Himself From Epstein  NPR
4. Ghislaine Maxwell gave $1K to hospital that treated alleged sex slave: report  New York Post
5. Prince Andrew 'appalled' by Jeffrey Epstein claims despite video of royal leaving Manhattan mansion in 2010  Fox News
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