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G20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffsG20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffs
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Mr Trump (front right) last met Mr Xi (front left) last year

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the US says.

The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first

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What are private security companies doing in AfghanistanWhat are private security companies doing in Afghanistan
Image copyrightSTR/AFP/Getty ImagesImage caption Staff at Wazir Akbar Khan hospital treated the wounded

The Taliban has said it carried out an attack in Afghanistan on the base of the British security firm G4S.

A British man was among five employees killed when gunmen stormed their compound.

G4S, one of the

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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas marry in IndiaPriyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas marry in India
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Fireworks erupted over the wedding venue, the Umaid Bhawan Palace, soon after they were married

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have married in a Christian ceremony at a royal palace in India.

The Bollywood superstar and the Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, wed

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Chinese pair banned for snooker match-fixingChinese pair banned for snooker match-fixing
Yu Delu's highest finish at a ranking event was the semi-finals of the 2016 Scottish Open

China's Yu Delu has been banned from snooker for 10 years and nine months after a major match-fixing inquiry.

His compatriot Cao Yupeng also pleaded guilty to fixing and was banned for six years, although three and a half years of his sentence are suspended.

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'Conscience of the revolution' Fares spoke for ordinary Syrians
Last Friday in the northern Syria town of Kafranbel began like any other. It ended with the news that Raed Fares, a local opposition activist who had brought Kafranbel to international attention through wit, ingenuity and an unswerving belief in his cause, had been shot dead.
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