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Tit for tat US - China tariffs stoke trade war fears for shipping
Mexico produces numerous goods targeted for USA tariffs on Chinese imports such as televisions and electrical circuits, he said in a report. The "Battle of the Tariffs" between the United States and China is continuing to heat up with news today that China's Ministry of Commerce has announced tariffs aimed at up to $50 billion of imported USA goods.
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German court sets bail for ex-Catalan leader
Authorities will separately rule whether he can be extradited on the lesser charge. Responding to the ruling, a Spanish official said Mariano Rajoy's government respects judicial decisions "always, when it likes them and when it doesn't".
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Cynthia Nixon favors legalizing marijuana
She added: 'There is so much we can do to really be an alternative to Donald Trump .to protect our people and to say, 'there is not the way our country should be going. Finally, Nixon touched upon the hot topic of the legalization of marijuana, and made her thoughts inescapably clear: "I am absolutely for the legalization of marijuana".
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As jail looms for Brazil's da Silva, his party vows to fight
What was the ruling about? After almost 11 hours of often heated debate, the Supreme Federal Tribunal voted 6-5 to deny Mr da Silva's request to stave off a 12-year prison sentence while he fights a conviction that he has always argued was nothing more than a ploy to keep him off of the October ballot.
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Hither Green 'burglary death': Man, 78, bailed
The second suspect fled the scene and he has yet to be apprehended by police. One suspect, armed with a screwdriver, forced the homeowner into his kitchen where there was a struggle which ended in the death of the burglar. He added: "The man on the ground was wearing a blue t-shirt and it was pulled up". He has been bailed until early May pending further enquiries, Scotland Yard said.
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3.2-Magnitude Earthquake Reported In Pawnee County
The L.A. Times is reporting there was no significant damage is immediately being reported, but that some bricks fell from a chimney at a historic ranch in the Channel Islands region. Some people in the Los Angeles area received about a 10-second warning before the shaking hit thanks to the state's quake early warning system, according to seismologists at the California Institute of Technology.