Thursday, 2 August 2018

Donald Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe

  1. Donald Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe  Times of India
  2. Trump tweet on Muller probe “opinion not order”: White House  The Hindu
  3. Russian collusion 'TOTAL HOAX', end probe 'right now', Donald Trump urges attorney general  Daily News & Analysis
  4. Trump's Sessions eruption hints at concern over direction of Mueller probe  CNN
  5. The Latest: White House: Trump's Russia tweet just opinion  Economic TimesFull coverage

Trump urges Mueller to end probe 'right now,' setting off new storm

  1. Trump urges Mueller to end probe 'right now,' setting off new storm  The Indian Express
  2. India invites Donald Trump for 2019 Republic Day celebrations, White House says no decision till now  Daily News & Analysis
  3. Media routinely reports govt secrets that endangers lives: White House  Business Standard
  4. Sanders defends Trump's comment that you need an ID to buy groceries  ABC NewsFull coverage

CPEC is guarantee of Pakistan's economic stability: Marri

  1. CPEC is guarantee of Pakistan's economic stability: Marri  The Express Tribune
  2. US To Squeeze China Through Pakistan  Seeking Alpha
  3. Pak foreign minister rejects US opposition to IMF bailout  India TodayFull coverage

New Zealand PM all set to join baby-friendly parliament

  1. New Zealand PM all set to join baby-friendly parliament  India Today
  2. New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern resumes duties after six weeks of maternity leave  Firstpost
  3. 'We'll make it work': Jacinda Ardern returns as New Zealand PM six weeks after giving birth  The GuardianFull coverage

US Secretary of State to visit Southeast Asia, build ties in the face of China

  1. US Secretary of State to visit Southeast Asia, build ties in the face of China  Taiwan News
  2. Trump's infrastructure dream for the Indo-Pacific lacks one crucial element – money  South China Morning Post
  3. Not threatened by growing US investment in Asia: China  News HeadsFull coverage

Pakistan Presidential election could be delayed up to September: Reports

  1. Pakistan Presidential election could be delayed up to September: Reports  Times of India
  2. Pak presidential polls likely in September  New Kerala
  3. Pakistan presidential elections likely in September  News Heads
  4. Despite Increase In Women Voters, Gender Gap In Pakistan's Political Sphere Remains  News18Full coverage

Eiffel Tower shut after staff strikes

  1. Eiffel Tower shut after staff strikes  Condé Nast Traveller India
  2. Eiffel Tower shut in dispute over 'monstrous' queues  Daily Nation
  3. Eiffel Tower shuts as workers strike over long visitor queues  Deutsche WelleFull coverage

Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos departs to join Stanford University

  1. Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos departs to join Stanford University  Firstpost
  2. Data security on Facebook could take another dip as Chief Security Officer calls it quits  Digit
  3. Thursday briefing: Tesla is making 5000 Model 3s a week, lost $720m last quarter  Wired.co.uk
  4. Facebook's security boss to leave firm  BBC NewsFull coverage

A Mysterious Attack on Saudi Oil Tanker, Amid Trump-Iran Duel

  1. A Mysterious Attack on Saudi Oil Tanker, Amid Trump-Iran Duel  Haaretz
  2. Iran is seen readying major exercise as tensions with US simmer  Moneycontrol.com
  3. Iran readying military exercise in Persian Gulf: US officials  Business Standard
  4. Iranian Navy increases activity near key oil choke point, prompts warning from Pentagon  USA TODAYFull coverage

Asian Games 2018: Jakarta implements odd-even policy to curb pollution, police given shoot-at-sight orders

  1. Asian Games 2018: Jakarta implements odd-even policy to curb pollution, police given shoot-at-sight orders  The Indian Express
  2. Indonesia Invites North Korea's Kim Jong Un to Asian Games  News18
  3. Indonesia invites Kim Jong-un to Asian Games opening ceremony  Business StandardFull coverage

PML-N leaders arrive at Adiala Jail to meet Nawaz, Maryam

  1. PML-N leaders arrive at Adiala Jail to meet Nawaz, Maryam  Geo News
  2. Day of meeting with convicted Sharifs at Adiala Jail  ARY NEWS (satire) (press release) (blog)
  3. Nawaz Sharif shifted back to jail after treatment  Deccan ChronicleFull coverage

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Stocks in Asia Fall as Trade Tensions Weigh on Investors


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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ and ‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’


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Can We Get a Little Joy Over Here?


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Kashmir’s War Gets Smaller, Dirtier and More Intimate


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Trump Pushes for Interview With Mueller Against Lawyers’ Advice


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Lawyers in Sandy Hook Lawsuit Spar Over Meaning of an Online Broadcast


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Mueller’s Digging Exposes Culture of Foreign Lobbying and Its Big Paydays


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Whose Bones Has North Korea Returned? It May Take Years to Know.


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Quotation of the Day: Prosecutors Detail Manafort’s Big Spending on Homes, Clothes and Cars


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Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling


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The Yankees Keep Chasing and the Red Sox Keep Winning. Now They Meet.


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Against Lowly Orioles, Sonny Gray Drags the Yankees Even Lower


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Corrections: August 2, 2018


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Charles Hamlen, Classical Music Manager With a Cause, Dies at 75


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Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press


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Congress Strengthens Reviews of Chinese and Other Foreign Investments


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Jeff Sessions, Trade War, Denmark: Your Thursday Briefing


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American Folk Art Museum Announces New Director


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Wednesday, 1 August 2018

A Rock Band Flirts with German Taboos, and Finds a Huge Following


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In the hands of the God: Vietnam's Golden Bridge goes viral

  1. In the hands of the God: Vietnam's Golden Bridge goes viral  The New Indian Express
  2. Vietnam's Golden Bridge: A walk across the 'hands of gods', See viral pics  Daily News & Analysis
  3. Handy engineering: Vietnam's 'Golden Bridge' has giant support  ReutersFull coverage

China vows retaliation if Trump slaps 25% tariff on $200 bn Chinese imports

  1. China vows retaliation if Trump slaps 25% tariff on $200 bn Chinese imports  Business Standard
  2. United States Hints At 25% Tariff On Chinese Goods Worth $200 Billion  NDTV
  3. Lightness of Beijing takes yuan's bad run into fifth month, no floor in sight  Reuters
  4. New Tariffs Loom as China Decries 'Blackmail'  Bloomberg
  5. US intransigence prolongs easily avoidable trade war  gulfnews.comFull coverage

Humans have depleted the Earth's natural resources with five months still to go in 2018

  1. Humans have depleted the Earth's natural resources with five months still to go in 2018  Quartz
  2. Earth overshoot day: Today the planet runs out of natural resources  Hindustan Times
  3. It's Earth Overshoot Day Already... That Means We're Screwing Up  The Quint
  4. Earth Overshoot Day is now — and started in the 1970s  Business DayFull coverage

US Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

  1. US Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns  The Hindu
  2. US Judge Blocks Release of 3D Gun Blueprints Amid Uproar  NDTV
  3. US judge blocks posting of blueprints for 3-D-printed guns  Business Standard
  4. Judge Blocks Attempt to Post Blueprints for 3-D Guns  New York Times
  5. Judge blocks release of plans for 3D-printed guns amid Dem outrage  ABC NewsFull coverage

Pakistan dismisses US concerns about IMF bailout and China

  1. Pakistan dismisses US concerns about IMF bailout and China  Business Standard
  2. Pakistan says US concerns about IMF bailout and China 'totally wrong'  Times of India
  3. China need not manipulate the RMB exchange rate  CCTV
  4. America and the money trap  The Express TribuneFull coverage

Facebook removes accounts involved in political influence campaign ahead of US mid-term polls

  1. Facebook removes accounts involved in political influence campaign ahead of US mid-term polls  The Hindu
  2. Facebook Finds 'Sophisticated' Efforts to Disrupt Elections Ahead of Mid-Term Polls in the US  NDTV
  3. Facebook says it identifies campaign to meddle in 2018 US elections  Deccan Chronicle
  4. Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign Using Fake Accounts  New York Times
  5. Facebook's new foreign influence report excluded most divisive rhetoric  NBCNews.comFull coverage

Explainer: Where is Trump headed with his tougher policy towards Iran?

  1. Explainer: Where is Trump headed with his tougher policy towards Iran?  Times of India
  2. Donald Trump has 'feeling' that Iran may speak with US pretty soon  Deccan Chronicle
  3. Iran slams US 'PR stunts' after Trump predicts talks soon  Channel NewsAsia
  4. It's all about him: More counterproductive, unpredictable, mercurial foreign policy from Donald Trump  New York Daily NewsFull coverage

Calm winds may allow more to return home in California wildfire

  1. Calm winds may allow more to return home in California wildfire  Times of India
  2. New fire erupts in Northern California; homes threatened  The Hindu
  3. President Trump: I'm looking into 3D plastic guns  Yahoo News
  4. 3D guns: Are we ready for the age of downloadable firearms?  Fox News
  5. New fires erupt in Northern California, more homes threatened  CBC.caFull coverage

Doklam resolved through "diplomatic maturity without losing any ground" says Swaraj

  1. Doklam resolved through "diplomatic maturity without losing any ground" says Swaraj  Economic Times
  2. 'Doklam not raised at Wuhan as issue was resolved'  Deccan Herald
  3. Doklam issue was resolved because of diplomatic maturity; Sushma Swaraj  The Indian WireFull coverage

Foreign Trade

  1. Foreign Trade  Economic TimesFull coverage

North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains

  1. North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains  CBC.ca
  2. US To Urge Pressure Against North Korea At A Security Forum In Singapore  NDTV
  3. Donald Trump says China may be 'Getting in Our Way' on North Korea  Financial Express
  4. North Korea Begins Dismantling Key Facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station  38 North
  5. US sends home Korean War remains handed over by North Korea  Washington PostFull coverage

Rohingyas to be deported after identification: Rajnath

  1. Rohingyas to be deported after identification: Rajnath  The TribuneFull coverage

Tommy Robinson, Anti-Muslim Activist, Is Freed on Bail in U.K.


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Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Sues Fellow Lawmaker After Sexist Remark


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Australian Chain Reintroduces Free Plastic Bags, Bucking Global Trend


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‘Short Term’ Health Insurance? Up to 3 Years Under New Trump Policy


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Data Breaches Keep Happening. So Why Don’t You Do Something?


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The Fight Over 3-D-Printed Guns


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