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Philippines warns of region-wide conflict over South China Sea dispute
Ambassador to Washington raises spectre of nuclear war as tensions deepen around disputed Second Thomas Shoal
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Donald Trump’s gag order in ‘hush money’ case partly lifted
Decision leaves him free to discuss witnesses and jurors in the New York trial days before first presidential debate
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WikiLeaks gadfly: the Julian Assange saga
After spending seven years in an Ecuadorean embassy and five in prison, the US pursuit of him is drawing to a close
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Denmark to charge farmers €100 a cow in first carbon tax on agriculture
Coalition government agrees annual levy on emissions from livestock after months of fraught negotiations
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Minimum tax on billionaires would raise up to $250bn a year, says report
Co-ordinated levy on total wealth of super-rich is feasible and enforceable, says paper commissioned for G20
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New German citizens must declare Israel’s right to exist
Berlin overhauls nationality criteria to include adherence to the country’s values
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LVMH’s Bernard Arnault emerges as personal stakeholder in Richemont
Investment could revive speculation about takeover scenarios among world’s biggest luxury groups
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The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats
Many business leaders dismiss fears of a return of the former president to the White House — they are wrong to do so
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