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IMF: World economy is picking up speed
Three-quarters of the globe is enjoying an upswing for the first time this decade.
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Senate wants to curb protests over Pentagon contract awards
When firms such as Boeing and Lockeed Martin dispute the process it can delay programs for months
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Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says
Officials say the company has unfairly profited from special tax conditions in tiny Luxembourg.
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Trump plan aims new foreign tax at Apple, other multinationals
The framework would allow the repatriation of foreign earnings after paying a low tax rate on them.
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Google drops “first click free,” loathed by many publishers
Publishers can now to choose how many, if any, free articles they offer before charging a fee.
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Leaders to tech firms at UN: Remove terror posts in 2 hours
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube launched a joint counterterrorism initiative.
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German WWI U-boat found off Belgium with 23 bodies inside
It appears that the sub may have struck a mine with its upper deck, but its hull remained…
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Russian chopper accidentally fires on war-games spectators
State-owned media report three were injured, but the government says it never happened.
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Rohingya Muslims are being wiped off Myanmar’s map
More than 500,000 people have fled to neighboring Bangladesh in the past year.
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At UN, Trump threatens total destruction of North Korea
He told a murmuring crowd that “it is far past time” to confront Kim Jong Un.
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Acid attack on 4 US students in France not seen as terror act
Authorities don’t think extremist views motivated a 41-year-old woman, who was arrested.
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UK police quiz 2 former foster children over London bombing
Police searched the suburban London house of the couple who fostered the two immigrants.
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Here’s where not to have a sensitive White House conversation
Trump lawyers spill the beans in a restaurant next door to the D.C. office of The New York…
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More protests planned Tuesday in St. Louis
A judge had found a white former police officer not guilty in the shooting death of a black…
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Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones
While the president chastised the U.N., he pledged that the U.S. would be “be partners in your work.”
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Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with ship collisions
The USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided last month, killing 10 U.S. sailors.
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New GOP health-care measure goes further than the failed one
The political prospects for the new bill seemed to be improving by the hour on Monday.
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Hurricane Maria slams Dominica and takes aim at Puerto Rico
Next in the storm’s path is St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. And Puerto Rico faces a…
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Charter bus barrels into NYC bus, killing 3 and injuring 16
Video appears to show the charter bus racing through the intersection without applying its brakes.
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Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military
Legislation expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea’s growing hostility.