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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is shown standing behind a microphone and wearing a suit and red tie.

Sudan signs pact on normalizing ties with Israel

Global Politics

Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to normalize relations with Israel and clear some of its massive debt to the World Bank.

Several people in shadow are shown walking by a red illuminated sign for Huawei.

US blacklists China’s Huawei as trade dispute clouds global outlook

Technology
A US flag is seen during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China.

US companies in China feeling ‘clear and far reaching’ trade war pinch: survey

Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz, left, and Canada's Minister of Finance Bill Morneau hold a news conference after the G7 Finance Ministers Summit in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, June 2, 2018.

America’s G7 allies condemn Trump tariffs, setting up heated fight

Global Politics
Green Russian social media post

Russian ‘green’ trolls are targeting the US energy sector, House report claims

Conflict
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Robert Strong is seen next to a gift-wrapped box in this photo released by Robert Strong of Eagle Rock, California, on Dec. 25, 2017.

In ‘funny’ protest of new tax law, man delivers manure to Mnuchin

Economics

Robert Strong, 45, a psychologist for the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, said by telephone he left the poop-filled parcel addressed to Mnuchin and Trump in the driveway outside Mnuchin’s home in the posh Bel Air community.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro during the closing campaign ceremony for the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 27.

The US sanctions Venezuela’s President Maduro and calls him ‘a dictator’

Economics

The United States branded Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a “dictator” on a par with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad or North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, and imposed sanctions on him.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017.

Why some experts want the US to adopt a VAT and other tax lessons from around the world

Business, Finance & Economics

The Trump White House proposes slashing tax rates for individuals and businesses. But how will the US make up the revenue? One economist says the country can look overseas for some inspiration.

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