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Pacific trade deal won't pause for Trump
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his new chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, are examining whether a better deal could be negotiated involving America, after Mr Trump pulled his nation out a year ago. Trump's decision to withdraw from the TPP was among his first actions after he was inaugurated in 2017. The idea that the TPP is a counter to China is nonsense.
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"Political Vendetta", Says RJD As Rabri Devi Grilled In Corruption Case
With the Bihar government having withdrawn security guards deployed at the residence of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Wednesday accused the ruling JD (U) and BJP of hatching a conspiracy to have her entire family eliminated.
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Watchdog confirms United Kingdom findings on Russian-made nerve agent
In the 2000s, Sedwill said Russian Federation had trained military personnel in using these weapons, including on door handles, and Russian Federation "has a proven record of conducting state-sponsored assassination". He said only has the "technical means, operational experience and the motive" for the attack. "This finding massively increases the pressure on Moscow to fully explain the exact course of events and background of the first nerve agent attack on European soil", he said.
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KY Governor claims "child was sexually assaulted" because of teacher protests
His office could not be reached for comment. Condemnation of Bevin's remarks was bipartisan. Bevin has been Kentucky's governor since 2015. The Kentucky Education Association (KEA), the teachers' union which had previously organized a one-day march earlier this month, estimated that several thousand teachers were at the capital Frankfort on Friday.
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Indian athletes banned from Commonwealth Games
Tracey Neville's side could barely have made life more hard for themselves in the Gold Coast. A statement later said: "The Cameroon Commonwealth team is sad to announce that eight of the 24 athletes they took to the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia are missing from their respective rooms in the Games village".
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Diane Abbott: We will only back conflict in WW2 scenario
Mr Cable said his party had been willing to back a "properly planned and justified" intervention in Syria , but he warned today that the decision to move ahead without Parliament "fatally undermines the integrity of this mission". The diplomatic discussions are starting to feel like part of a waiting game. Evidence is still being gathered, but USA officials are understood to have results from blood and urine samples that indicate chlorine and a nerve agent were used in the Syrian town of ...