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Ivanka fights to protect Ivanka

Ivanka Trump is one of the most famous women on the planet. She's certainly the most famous Ivanka. Standing by her father's side as he ascended to the White House, her prominence even sparked a swell in the number of babies named Ivanka.

'Threat to intimidate': CEO quits after sending letter

Elliott said the letter "read as a threat to intimidate or extort a senior officer of Elliott Management".

US specialty metals maker Arconic has announced that chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld resigned after it found he sent a letter in "poor judgment" to Elliott Management, with whom it is embroiled in a proxy war and which used the chance to again criticise the company's board.

Surging China tries to tame credit

China accounts for a large chunk of global debt.

China's economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years.

Questions over use of 'mother of all bombs'

The GBU-43/B MOAB bomb.

US forces in Afghanistan have not yet assessed the impact of a massive strike on Islamic State militants in the eastern part of the country, a military spokesman says, raising questions about the already controversial decision to deploy a 10,000-kilogram bomb on the battlefield.

Why Australia isn't so easy for Trump to bully

President Donald Trump promised to 'drain the swamp' during his campaign.

When President Donald Trump berated Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull two months ago over 1,250 refugees the US agreed to accept from Australia, the phone conversation was perceived ominously: A decades-old alliance that was already strained by Australia's economic reliance on China was now being put under greater stress.