Six Syrian World Heritage sites 'endangered': UNESCO
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Russian and foreign investors will search new sources of economic development and work out recommendations for the leaders of the G20 countries at an International Economic Forum which will open in St. Petersburg today.
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The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
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Brazil's two biggest cities revoked an increase in public transportation fares, Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday, following the largest protests seen in the country in 20 years.
Politics
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U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States Martin Dempsey disagreed on the issue of attacks on Syrian territory during a meeting at the White House.
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On Wednesday the United States attempted to salvage plans to hold talks with the Taliban while Russia threw its support behind President Hamid Karzai after he angrily cancelled security talks with Washington.
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The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
World
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Six ancient sites in Syria were on Thursday added to the list of endangered World Heritage, UNESCO said, including the city of Aleppo which has suffered considerable damage since a revolt started in March 2011.
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China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space. Speaking to students via live video, Ms Wang used spinning tops, a ball, water and a fellow astronaut to explain physics in zero-gravity.
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The UN Security Council is ready to take action against those behind an attack on the UN in Somalia announced the Chairman of the Security Council, and the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, Mark Lyall Grant.
Russia
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Russian and foreign investors will search new sources of economic development and work out recommendations for the leaders of the G20 countries at an International Economic Forum which will open in St. Petersburg today.
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The head of the Russian Gazprom giant gas company Alexey Miller says that the construction of the underwater part of the “South Stream” gas pipeline will start in the second quarter of 2014.
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Russian prosecutors have charged Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on Wednesday.
Economy
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Media reports saying that the Cypriot government wants to renegotiate its agreement with the Eurogroup regarding its assistance program are not true stated the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis.
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The decline in production and consumption, insufficient investments and currency risks top the agenda of the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will take place in St.Petersburg between June 20th and 22nd . Given that these issues of global concern could lead to a new wave of economic crisis, the participants in the forum, which will be attended by President Vladimir Putin, say that it’s time to act and call for ‘decisive action’
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The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.
Reality Check
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The Fitch rating agency is concerned about the unregulated part of the Chinese banking sector. The so-called “shadow banks” pose systemic risks for the country’s economy.
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The Iranian economy is experiencing severe stress caused by the international sanctions against Tehran. An unofficial estimate of the Iranian inflation rate is almost three times the official annual inflation figure.
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The foreign exchange market is now in the crosshairs of the global financial regulators in the aftermath of the rate-rigging scandals in currency rates and interest rates markets.
Society
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Blasts ripped through a restaurant in north China's Shanxi Province Wednesday night, killing two people and injuring over 150 others.
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Child welfare authorities have removed children from about 15 families in a small Mennonite community in rural Manitoba. Only one minor, a 17-year-old, remains in the community after three men and a woman were charged with multiple counts of assault, including assault with a weapon.
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What began two days ago as a silent protest in Istanbul has begun to take on unusual forms.
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- Dozens of children seized from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada
- UN bodies call for measures in Somalia
- Silent protests against protests in Turkey
- Violent clashes break out in Egypt
- AP President presents 5-point-plan on freedom of the press
- Dempsey warns Kerry against bombing Syria
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