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Spanish clubs to play regular league matches in US, Canada as La Liga announces historic 15-year partnership
La Liga’s organising body announced on Thursday that it plans to hold regular season Spanish top flight games in the United States in the future.
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Rupee fall: Why Modi may face tough time to seek urban middle-class votes
The rupee’s plunge to a record low has worried a wide cross-section of India’s society: companies, importers, those going on vacation and students planning to study overseas.
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Amazon considering UK insurance comparison site, say sources
Amazon.com Inc is sounding out some of Europe’s top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a UK price comparison website in what would be a major foray by the US online retail giant into the region’s financial services.
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Kabul blast: Gunmen fire grenades at intelligence service centre in Afghanistan capital city
Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training centre for Afghanistan’s intelligence service on Thursday in the capital Kabul, officials said.
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Asian shares hit one-year low on Turkey, China worries
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.0 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei and the Australian benchmark dropped 1.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.
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Former President Lula registers for Brazil race from jail as thousands rally
Brazil’s Workers Party registered jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday as its presidential candidate while he sat in prison serving a 12-year graft sentence expected to block his candidacy.
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US Senate to consider massive spending bill, faces Donald Trump objections
U.S. senators agreed on Wednesday to debate and vote in the next few days on more than $850 billion in spending on defense, labor and healthcare programs, as the Trump administration announced its objections to some parts of the bill.
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Donald Trump revokes ex-CIA chief’s security clearance, slamming critic
U.S. President Donald Trump moved to penalize a sharp critic on Wednesday, revoking the security clearance of Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan for making what he called “a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations” about his administration.
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Airlines continue to bleed: Now, SpiceJet posts loss in Q1 as these two factors weigh
Total expenses in the quarter rose 31.2 percent to 22.45 billion rupees. SpiceJet also accounted for Rs 510 million as forex losses due to the depreciation of the rupee.
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Car crashes into UK Parliament building, hits barriers; number of pedestrians injured; watch video
A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, police said.
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Red alert for Beijing! China’s economy cools further, investment growth at record low
China’s economy is showing further signs of cooling as the U.S. prepares to impose even tougher trade tariffs, with investment in the first seven months of the year slowing to a record low and retail sales softening, data showed on Tuesday.
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Heathrow Airport passport queues reached two-and-a-half hours in July-data
Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport had to queue at passport control for up to two-and-a-half hours in July, official figures showed, sparking further criticism from aviation chiefs about delays caused by Britain’s border regime.
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Swachh Bharat brings in PE money: KKR to buy 60% stake in Indian waste management firm Ramky Enviro Engineers
The deal comes at a time when the country is focused on reducing pollution and improving sanitation infrastructure via its Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission – an initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Asia shares, euro pressured by Turkish crisis
Asia share markets slipped and the euro hit one-year lows on Monday
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North, South Korea to hold talks before possible Pyongyang summit
North and South Korean officials are scheduled to hold high-level negotiations on Monday.
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Afghan Taliban delegation visits Uzbekistan to talk security, power lines
A delegation from the Afghan Taliban met officials in Uzbekistan during a five-day trip to the country last week to discuss issues including transport and power lines and peace in Afghanistan, the movement’s political office said.
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Donald Trump says he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron about security and trade
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron and the conversation focused on security and trade issues.
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US, Japan to continue talks to narrow trade differences: USTR
Trade ministers for the United States and Japan agreed on Friday to further talks to narrow their differences on trade and investment and to promote trade between the first and third largest economies, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said.
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Two police officers, two others killed in Canada shooting
Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday.
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As Trump cracks down on Pakistan, U.S. cuts military training programmes
President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, U.S. officials say.
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Maldives seeks scaling back of Indian presence as it woos China
The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to New Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen’s China-backed government.
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Samsung launches Bixby-powered Galaxy Home to take on Amazon Echo, Google Home, alongside new Galaxy Watch
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled the Galaxy Note 9 “phablet” in New York on Thursday in a key product launch that it hopes will attract younger customers with stepped-up features and services for gamers and music-lovers.
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Indian rupee near record low over coming year; crude prices, trade anxiety weigh, says poll
Taken after the Reserve Bank of India hiked rates to a two-year high on Aug. 1, the latest poll of about 40 foreign exchange analysts showed the rupee is now expected to trade at 68.22 per dollar in a year from about 68.60 on Thursday.
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Facebook says removing content on 3D printing of guns
Facebook Inc is removing content related to instructions on 3D printing of firearms, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as debate around access to gun in the United States intensifies.
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TRAI and Apple again at a crossroads over ‘mandatory’ anti-spam app
In India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, Apple Inc’s normally deft management of government relations is being put to a fresh high-stakes test.
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US Senator Rand Paul delivers letter from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin’s government
Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Wednesday he delivered a letter from President Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government, but the senator and the White House offered different characterizations of the message.
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Facebook apologises after Lombok earthquake balloons blunder
Facebook apologised on Wednesday after users posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia on the social media platform saw their messages decorated with images of balloons and confetti.
