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CLEAN : Artist Ai Weiwei gets a haircut at Idomeni migrant camp
CLEAN : Artist Ai Weiwei gets a haircut at Idomeni migrant camp
Bloomberg
China Puts U.K. on Guard with Shanghai-London Stock Exchange Suspension
Jan.03 -- China’s decision to suspend a tie-up between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges is less a blow for markets than a warning shot to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he readies the U.K. for Brexit.
According to people familiar...
Bloomberg
U.S. Lifts Label on China as Currency Manipulator
Jan.14 -- The Trump administration on Monday lifted its designation of China as a currency cheat, saying the nation has made “enforceable commitments” not to devalue the yuan and has agreed to publish exchange-rate information. Meantime,...
Bloomberg
Singaporeans Head to Polls Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Jul.09 -- Singapore heads to the polls Friday as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s ruling party seeks to extend its 55-year rule with a fresh mandate to counter the city-state’s worst-ever recession amid the coronavirus pandemic. Haslinda...
Bloomberg
Amazon Union Election Drew 55% Turnout of Alabama Workers
Apr.08 -- An election to decide whether Amazon.com Inc. workers in Alabama will join a union drew 3,215 voters, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Bloomberg’s John Fraher reports.
Bloomberg
U.S. Pledges $700 Million in Additional Aid for Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged more than $700 million in additional military financing for Ukraine and its allies. Blinken and Austin met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv....
Curated Video
Looting at port ahead of handover to peacekeepers
LURD-controlled area of Monrovia
1. Various of people emerging from port area carrying looted bags of food aid
2. People running as LURD fighters attempt to stop looting
3. LURD fighters breaking apart looted sacks of food aid with...
Sky News
Where do Banks Stand after Damaged Reputation
Where do Banks Stand after Damaged Reputation
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY TO END MINERS' STRIKE
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russian and Ukrainian government officials have met trade union leaders in the two countries to try to end a strike by more than a (m) million coal miners.
The strike is the largest walkout in the former Soviet Union...
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WH: Transgender Guidance Should Be State's Right
The Trump Administration says transgender guidance should go to states, not handled on federal level. The decision would be a reversal of an Obama-era directive issued in May. It required public schools to grant bathroom access even if...
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WH: transgender guidance should be state's right
The Trump Administration says transgender guidance should go to states, not handled on federal level. The decision would be a reversal of an Obama-era directive issued in May. It required public schools to grant bathroom access even if...
Bloomberg
David Bahnsen Says Pardoning Milken Is Right Thing to Do
Aug.30 -- David Bahnsen, Bahnsen Group founder and CIO, explains why he wants President Donald Trump to pardon Michael Milken. He speaks with Bloomberg's Julia Chatterley on "Bloomberg Markets."
Bloomberg
What Would Be The Outcome of Trump-Kim Summit?
Feb.26 -- Joel Wit, director of 38 North, a website devoted to analysis of North Korea, talks about the upcoming summit of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Wit was the coordinator for implementation of the...
Bloomberg
Why Beijing's New Daxing Airport Critical for Xi
Sep.26 -- Just five years ago, Daxing was a dusty area of farmland to the south of Beijing, largely neglected by visitors to the city. That’s no longer the case, now that an enormous airport has emerged there to thrust China even closer...
Bloomberg
Time for U.S. to Back Down, Says Defense Priorities’s Friedman
Jan.07 -- Benjamin Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities, discusses Iran’s revenge attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and what it means for the tensions in the region. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
Bloomberg
Trump Leans Against Sanctions on China Officials for Now
Jul.15 -- President Donald Trump has indicated to aides that he doesn’t want to further escalate tensions with Beijing, and has ruled out additional sanctions on top officials for now, according to people familiar with the matter. Tom...
Bloomberg
McGregor: China's Move Symbolic but not Without Meaning
May.07 -- As China severs future trade cooperation with Australia by suspending a key agreement for regular high-level economic dialogue, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow Richard McGregor discusses this latest move in fraught China-Australia...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Russia's strike on Kyiv is "symbolic agression": mayor
A Russian missile strike that hit Kyiv on Sunday is a "symbolic agression" in the days leading up to a NATO summit, says the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
USA - Birth Of Atomic Bomb Memorial Attacked
A man was arrested early Sunday morning (16/7) in New Mexico at
the site of the first atomic bomb explosion fifty years ago, when
he threw a liquid meant to symbolize blood at a monument
commemorating the event. The anti-nuclear...
Curated Video
The Beatle launches his latest album in Paris
++music/video/performance rights must be cleared++
AP Entertainment
Paris, France, 22nd October 2007
1. Pan crowd waiting in front of Olympia theatre.
2. MS Security keeping the spectators away from the entry.
3. WS Paul McCartney. on...
Curated Video
Advisor to ex-Afghan king on Germany talks
1. Night shot exterior Hotel Fleming - Afghan talks headquarter
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hedayat Amin Arsala, Advisor to former king of Afghanistan
"There will have to be a provisional government in Kabul first and this provisional...
Curated Video
VOICER Looting at port ahead of handover to peacekeepers
LURD-controlled area of Monrovia
0000 Various shots of looters carrying food-aid
0012 Rebels chasing away looters
0020 Rebels destroying looted food aid
0026 SOUNDBITE (English) Sekou Fofana, LURD Spokesman
0034 Rebel firing warning...
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Presser by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
1. Wide interior of Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary walking onto stage at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary:
"China's full participation in the global economy requires transparency and a...
Curated Video
CUTS 10 11 82 UNITED STATES DELEGATION MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK IN CAIRO
Delegation of United States congressmen meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo to discuss Sinai and Lebanon situations.
1. various of President's residence exterior
2. cu Mubarak, zoom out to officials shaking hands with...