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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.
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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.
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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The president of the Associated Press news agency Gary Pruitt presented a five-point plan aimed at preserving and strengthening the freedom of the press in the United States at a function in Washington.
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Militants with the extremist group Jebhat an-Nusra which is fighting on the side of the Syrian armed opposition, decided to violently deal with an innocent 15-year-old according to reports by TV broadcaster Al-Ihbariya.
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The second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, “Tropical Storm Barry”, has grown in strength according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
Russia
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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.
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Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov says that it would hardly be possible for Russia's representatives to visit the children's camp “Ranch for Kids” in Montana without assistance of the US's State Department.
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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In some provinces of Egypt clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of radical Islamists.
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Romania is being suspected of having delivered forest berries infected with hepatitis virus to a number of EU countries. In particular, a lot of infected berries has been removed from sale in Italy.
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Three people have died and fourth is being treated at a hospital after a shooting in at condominium complex. Dwight Mitchell, a Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson, confirmed the deaths and injuries, but would not go into details about the shooting other than saying it happened inside a unit of the condo complex.
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- Dempsey warns Kerry against bombing Syria
- Syrian opposition continues to execute children
- Romania suspected of delivering tainted berries to EU
- Underwater section of South Stream to start in mid 2014
- Tropical Storm Barry gaining strength
- U.S. courts Taliban, Russia backs Karzai
- Russian "opposition" charged with plotting riots
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