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China’s Xi and Brazil’s Lula discuss cooperation amid fallout of US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Chinese President Xi Jinping has suggested that China and Brazil set an example of “unity and self-reliance” in the Global South, Chinese state media has reported. In a phone call on Monday, Xi told Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula … Read more
Cannabis stocks soar after US president says he is ‘looking at’ reclassification. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration is “looking at” reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said he would make a determination on the legal classification of the drug over … Read more
Spain’s football federation has approved a request for Villarreal’s home La Liga game with Barcelona to move to Miami. The Spanish league is closer to playing a regular-season game in the United States. The Spanish football federation on Monday approved a request for the match between Villarreal and Barcelona to be played in Miami, Florida … Read more
Norway oil fund sells out of a fifth of Israeli firms amid fierce criticism Financial Times Norway’s $1.9 Trillion Wealth Fund Sells Off Israeli Assets Bloomberg.com Norway wealth fund terminates Israel asset management contracts Reuters World’s largest wealth fund rolls back Israeli investments over West Bank, Gaza concerns The Times of Israel Orsted shares plunge 30% as global trade … Read more
A Colombian senator who was shot in the head in June during a campaign event has died, his family has said. Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate from the rightwing opposition, was shot in Bogotá on 7 June during a rally and had multiple surgeries before his death. His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, wrote on … Read more
Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford debuts for Barca as Lamine Yamal scores twice in 5-0 win against Como. Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona completed their pre-season preparations by thrashing Italian side Como 5-0 in a game which signalled a thawing of relations with goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen. Barca also gave Marcus Rashford a substitute’s appearance on … Read more
A man survived after clinging to the outside of a high-speed train in Austria on Saturday, reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break. The man, who was not identified, grabbed onto the outside of the train as it was leaving the station in Sankt Poelten, west of Vienna, railways spokesman Herbert … Read more
The United States brokered the agreement, giving it leverage and business opportunities. There is a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, after nearly four decades of conflict. The final stage was brokered by US President Donald Trump in the White House. Crucial to the deal is a corridor to connect the main part of Azerbaijan … Read more
Has Israel created a predicament it can’t escape with its zero-sum path for the Palestinians and regional overreach? By offering nothing except continual massacre for the Palestinians, and attempting to subjugate the surrounding areas to its will, Israel finds itself “in a predicament of its own making”, argues former Israeli adviser Daniel Levy. Levy, president … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have held rallies and marches in cities around the world in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, demanding an end to Israeli attacks on the besieged and bombarded enclave as Israel-imposed starvation engulfs the entire population. In London, the Metropolitan Police said it arrested more than 466 people at a protest … Read more