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One of the group's first billboards

It began at the pub: the campaign to shame Brexit's biggest 'donkeys'

Their subversive idea: to put the hypocrisy and bad predictions of leading Brexiters up on public billboards.

  • by Nick Miller

Opinion & Perspectives

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North America

An 1899 chromolithograph of US cavalry pursuing American Indians, artist unknown.

Genocide of Native Americans helped cause Little Ice Age: scientists

So many people died that the amount of agricultural land was dramatically reduced, which sucked carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, new research suggests.

  • by Henry Bodkin
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

End to China-US trade war depends on chemistry between Trump and Xi

Trump, a former real estate mogul who prides himself on his ability to strike deals, places enormous importance on his personal chemistry with fellow leaders.

  • by Matthew Knott

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Asia

The deadline for new tariffs is approaching.

Trump's tariff deadline set to be delayed

Chinese negotiators have met in Washington with a US delegation in a bid to end a trade war that is threatening global growth.

  • by Kirsty Needham
Controlling a population of 1.4 billion is among China's great challenges.

Fudged growth numbers take the shine off China's 'miracle'

Beijing is loath to spook its 1.4 billion people with the fuller story of its economic challenges.

  • by John Hewson

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War correspondent Marie Colvin.

'Extrajudicial killing:' Court finds Syria liable for reporter's death

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government is liable for its role in the 2012 death of renowned journalist Marie Colvin while covering the Syrian civil war.

  • by Lawrence Hurley

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