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Is two years of agonising Brexit deadlock finally over?

Reports overnight in London that a deal on the Northern Ireland border, the last missing piece of a withdrawal agreement, was close.

9 days ago

By Associated Press

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China orders missing X-Men actress Fan Bingbing to pay $130m tax fine

China has launched a crackdown on high salaries for actors that can eat up much of the cost of a production.

18 days ago

By Associated Press

Reviled wife of former Malaysian leader arrested in 1MDB graft scandal

Rosmah's opulent lifestyle and penchant for expensive jewelry that led to her being compared with former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos.

18 days ago

By Associated Press

Nobel Prize shamed as Academy sexual predator convicted of rape

Swedish media has reported that he groped Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at an academy event in 2006.

20 days ago

By Associated Press

China urges US to stop slander after Donald Trump's meddling claim

U.S president believes China is flooding the U.S. heartland with ads against his administration's billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese goods.

24 days ago

By Associated Press

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Italexit? Leaving the EU would be a 'nightmare' for Italy, say analysts

Italy will not exit the European Union despite budget deficit worries, believe economists polled by International Business Times.

26 days ago

By Pronita Naidu

Italy European Union

When gold prices go up baby girl survival rates in India fall

Dowries impose a considerable tax on girls' families, with estimates indicating that in South Asia it is six times the average annual household income.

29 days ago

By Sonia Bhalotra

India Gold

Tycoon Richard Liu sexual assault case reviewed by Minneapolis prosecutors

Liu is a prominent member of the Chinese tech elite with a fortune of $7.5 billion.

Sep 20, 2018

By Associated Press

Hackers steal $60m from Japan's Zaif cryptocurrency exchange

The hack was a blow to Japan's efforts to become a global leader in cryptocurrency exchanges,

Sep 20, 2018

By Ranjitha Shastry

Bitcoin

Is Theresa May facing Brexit humiliation in Salzburg?

European Union leaders are pressing for a second UK referendum on Brexit, according to reports.

Sep 20, 2018

By Associated Press

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Did Trump just blink in China trade war? Washington asks to resume talks on tariff fight

American and European chambers of commerce report that foreign companies in China have been hurt by earlier tariff hikes.

Sep 13, 2018

By Associated Press

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Donald Trump meets the Karate Kid: A social parable for our times

Thirty years after the original Karate Kid, Cobra Kai tells the story of an America doing battle with itself.

Sep 7, 2018

By Craig Owen

Donald Trump

Putin's Novichok assassins will never face justice for Salisbury nerve agent attacks

Russian military intelligence officers, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, named by British police.

Sep 5, 2018

By Associated Press

Russia

Is Trump losing the tariffs war he started? US trade deficit widens to $50.1 billion

Trade gap with the EU shot up 50 percent to a record $17.6 billion and with Canada nearly 58 percent to $3.1 billion.

Sep 5, 2018

By Associated Press

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Who is Richard Liu? China's celebrity tech tycoon faces U.S rape investigation

Liu has dragged China's number two online retailer from a Beijing backwater to a billion dollar New York listing.

Sep 5, 2018

By Associated Press

Dutch bank ING hit with huge fine in money laundering case

ING has paid 775 million euros for failure to implement a law aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Sep 4, 2018

By Associated Press

Nike provokes marketing controversy: Colin Kaepernick new face of 'Just Do It' campaign

Kaepernick is polarizing figure, especially with President Donald Trump attacking him for "disrespecting" the national anthem.

Sep 4, 2018

By Abhinav Kini

President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner

Kushner family real estate firm's unpaid NYC fines: $500K and counting

Company, which was run President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, accused of cutting corners at any cost.

Sep 4, 2018

By Associated Press

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