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Global Pulse

NASA reaches for the Sun, and a mother whale in mourning in the Pacific

Dementia patients in the US are being given unapproved drugs 'with possibly fatal consequences', and China's crackdown.

A deadly day at Gaza costs three lives, and cannabis is taking over Lebanese farms

Children were trained for shooting in New Mexico and a group of Syrian refugees have built a robot.

Japan medical school wanted fewer women as doctors, and Israel’s sea wall around Gaza

Iran holds meeting with North Korea after US reimposes sanctions, and the Chinese family may soon get bigger.

Trump’s Iran warning, and three children euthanised in Belgium

Facebook requested to change rules for journalists, and a barber flies 11,000 km for high-profile client's haircut.

Boris Johnson says women in burqas look like letter boxes, and China bans Winnie the Pooh

President Trump advised to stop tweeting about son's 2016 meeting with Russians, and EU to rally against US sanctions on Iran.

8 journalists ‘assaulted’ during Bangladesh stir, and Indonesia quake kills 82

Why the Trump administration wants Palestinians stripped of refugee status, and star football faces 'racial abuse' at China game.

Apple rallies to $1 trillion, and Israel bars fuel and gas supply in Gaza 

China's most senior Buddhist monk has been accused of sexual harassment, and the 'new Singapore' to India's south. 

Trump sanctions Turkish officials to get back at Erdogan, and a ‘dengue-free’ city

Three killed in violence over elections in Harare, and Australia may be in the throes of the worst drought in its history. 

Chinese seek foreign vaccines for their kids, and shark disguised as baby by abductors

Facebook has identified an online campaign to interfere with this year's US midterm polls, and Bangladesh is concerned about India's 'anti-Muslim' NRC move. 

Mystery of MH370 deepens, and the ‘zombie apocalypse’ helping dictators win

British foreign secretary refers to his Chinese wife as Japanese, and Donald Trump ready for Iran talks but Tehran is not interested.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.