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China's weakening trade figures should concern us allChina's weakening trade figures should concern us all
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If China wanted to appease Donald Trump's ever-present anger at its trade surplus with the United States, the latest trade figures won't work to calm him down.

China's exports to the rest of the world, announced on Monday, were unexpectedly down when they had been expected to rise.

But that was more than offset by the

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'Afghan Justin Trudeau': Singer on looking like Canada's PM'Afghan Justin Trudeau': Singer on looking like Canada's PM
'Afghan Justin Trudeau': Singer on looking like Canada's PM - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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The Melbourne bakeries that tell a story of Jewish migrationThe Melbourne bakeries that tell a story of Jewish migration
Image copyrightMONARCH CAKE SHOPImage caption Pearl Levine opened Monaco Cake Shop, Melbourne's first Jewish bakery, in 1931

Australia's largest Jewish community is found in Melbourne.

Numbering 50,000, many are descendants of Holocaust survivors and refugees from eastern Europe who settled here in the 1930s and

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Millions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud serverMillions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud server
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Data on Chinese train travellers was reportedly stolen by hackers

A database containing resumes of more than 200 million Chinese people has been found exposed online.

Security firm Hackenproof said the "very detailed" information lacked even the most basic security protections.

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'Afghan Justin Trudeau' finds fame on TV talent show'Afghan Justin Trudeau' finds fame on TV talent show
Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption Abdul Salam Maftoon, right, has been compared to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

One is the leader of a G7 nation and the other is a wedding singer, but their striking likeness could sway a TV talent contest in Afghanistan.

Abdul Salam Maftoon from north-east

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China sentences Canadian man to death for drug smugglingChina sentences Canadian man to death for drug smuggling
Image copyrightReutersImage caption The Canadian national was sentenced to death by the court in the north-eastern city of Dalian

A court in China has sentenced a Canadian to death for drug smuggling, a verdict likely to reignite a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was originally

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