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China suspends tariff hikes on $126 billion worth of U.S. cars, auto parts

Dec 14, 2018
90 days is probably not enough time to resolve conflicts between Beijing and Washington, economists say.
China announced a 90-day suspension on Friday of tariff hikes on $126 billion worth of U.S. cars, trucks and auto parts.
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Iran hackers hunt nuclear workers, US targets

Dec 13, 2018
The AP drew on data gathered by the London-based cybersecurity group Certfa.
Cyberattacks like the SolarWinds hack are increasingly common because it's hard for companies and governments to verify the security of every company they work with.
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Judge gives ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 3 years in prison

Dec 12, 2018
The sentence was in line with what federal prosecutors asked for. Cohen is ordered to surrender March 6.
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives with his family at federal court for his sentencing hearing, Dec. 12, 2018 in New York City.
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Brexit in turmoil as May postpones Parliament vote on it

Dec 10, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would seek “assurances” from the EU and bring the Brexit deal back to Parliament, but did not set a new date for the vote.
A man waves both a Union flag and a European flag together on College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London on June 28, 2016. 
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Trump nominates William Barr to be his next attorney general

Dec 7, 2018
Barr previously worked at the CIA in the 1970s and served in several leadership roles at the Justice Department serving under President George H.W. Bush.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One to depart from the White House on Dec. 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Lyft a step closer to becoming a publicly traded company

Dec 6, 2018
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
The number of Lyft shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
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China demands Canada release Huawei executive

Dec 6, 2018
Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, faces possible extradition to the U.S.
Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, faces possible extradition to the United States.
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U.S., China reach 90-day cease-fire in trade dispute

Dec 1, 2018
President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have a breakthrough at the G-20 summit in Argentina.
President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer along with members of their delegation hold a dinner meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on Dec. 1, 2018.
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Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

Nov 30, 2018
George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who also presided during […]
U.S. President George Bush poses for photographers after his address to the nation, 27 September 1991, in the Oval Office of the White House. During his speech, Bush announced that the U.S. will unilaterally eliminate its land and sea-based short-range nuclear weapons.
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