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Karlsen Crowned the Queen of Tallinn on Packed Day at WSOPC
Poker News
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Norway’s Drea Karlsen is the new queen of Tallinn after going wire to wire in the €350 NLH Queens event, capturing a WSOPC ring, €6,480, and a €5,000 Ticket to Paradise package to the Bahamas. Karlsen entered the final day as chip leader and never...
Angela Varela Appointed President of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO)
Greek Travel Pages
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July 29, 2025
Angela Varela has been appointed as the new president of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), following a decision by Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni. Varela succeeds Angela Gerekou, who held the position for the past six years. A...
OX2 secures Australian government approval for NSW co-located 360 MWh project
ESS News
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July 30, 2025
The Summerville solar and battery energy storage project being developed by Swedish renewables company OX2 near Lismore in northern New South Wales (NSW) has been awarded federal environmental approval with no conditions. Australia Environment...
US and China prepare to extend tariff pause after Stockholm talks
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
By AP with Eleanor Butler Published on 30/07/2025 - 7:45 GMT+2 •Updated 7:48 The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm concluded on Tuesday,...
U.S. and China move toward extending tariff pause after Stockholm talks
United News of Bangladesh
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The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a tariff pause set to expire on August 12, following two days of high-level trade negotiations in the Swedish capital, according to Chinese officials. The U.S. delegation acknowledged...
US says President Trump has ‘final call’ on China trade truce
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 30, 2025
By Nioucha Zakavati China and the United States agreed Tuesday to hold further talks on extending their tariff truce, but a top US trade official stressed that President Donald Trump would make any “final call.” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
U.S. and China agree to work on extending the tariff pause deadline in trade talks in Stockholm
The Asahi Shimbun
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STOCKHOLM--The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm concluded on Tuesday, according to Beijing’s top trade official. The U.S. side says the...
Sweden hosts delicate US-China trade talks amid rising political tensions
Euro Weekly News
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July 29, 2025
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Credit: Thomas Persson / Shutterstock.com Another 90-day extension to the current trade and export control pause between the United States and China is expected, according to industry analysts. The...
Nkwocha: WAFCON queen who outscored nations
Punch
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July 30, 2025
As Nigeria basks in the glow of yet another WAFCON title, the spotlight on the Super Falcons has never been brighter. The tournament may be over, but one of the tournament’s most enduring icons, Perpetua Nkwocha, stands unmatched. OLAMIDE ABE...
U.S. and China Edge Closer to Tariff Deadline Extension Amid Fragile Trade Talks in Stockholm
[your]NEWS
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July 29, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna In a significant development for global trade, senior officials from the United States and China concluded a high-stakes, two-day meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, with both sides signaling cautious optimism about extending a...
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US-China Stockholm talks end without truce, Trump to decide on new tariff-pause deadline
Firstpost
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July 30, 2025
US and Chinese officials ended two days of talks in Stockholm without major breakthroughs, agreeing to push for a 90-day tariff truce extension. read more No major breakthroughs were announced after US and Chinese officials finished two days of...
President Donald Trump’s tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 29, 2025
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting...
Trump news at a glance: president wades back into Epstein debate with comments about Virginia Giuffre
The Guardian
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July 30, 2025
Donald Trump has spoken about Jeffrey Epstein and his links to the president’s Mar-a-Lago club, saying that the late sex offender “stole” Virginia Giuffre and other young female staffers when he hired them while they were working at the Florida...
Subcontractors exchange lawsuits with Skanska–Balfour Beatty over US$5bn Microsoft project
Construction Briefing
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July 29, 2025
According to reports, a joint venture between Sweden-based Skanska and UK-based Balfour Beatty is facing lawsuits from two subcontractors over alleged unpaid work on Microsoft’s US$5 billion Redmond campus redevelopment in Washington, US. The JV...
‘Persona non grata’: Netherlands bars two Israeli ministers over incitement, ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusations
Malay Mail
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July 30, 2025
AMSTERDAM, July 30 — The Netherlands has declared Israel’s finance and national security ministers persona non grata for inciting violence and urging ethnic cleansing in Gaza. In June, the Netherlands backed a failed Swedish proposal to impose EU...
Sweden hosts US, China for new talks
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 29, 2025
STOCKHOLM -- Top trade officials from China and the United States opened a new round of talks Monday in a bid to ease tensions over tariffs between the world's two biggest national economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice...
US, China end tariff talks in Stockholm as truce holds for now
Deal Street Asia
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US and Chinese officials finished two days of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday that were aimed at tackling longstanding economic disputes and stepping back from an escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. While announcing no...
Exclusive -- President Trump: Xi Jinping 'Wants Me to Go to' China, 'We'll Most Likely Be Going' and Maybe This Year
Breitbart
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July 29, 2025
MAIDENS, South Ayrshire, Scotland — U.S. President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively Monday that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been clamoring for a meeting in-person with him soon, and that may happen as soon as sometime this year,...
China hails Stockholm trade talks with U.S. as 'constructive'
CGTN
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Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang said the Chinese and U.S. teams held in-depth, candid, constructive discussions on economic and trade issues over the past day and a half in Stockholm, Sweden.
China calls U.S. trade talks in Stockholm 'candid, constructive'
CGTN
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03:24 The Chinese and U.S. teams held "in-depth, candid, constructive" discussions on economy and trade over the past day and a half in Stockholm, said a senior Chinese official on Tuesday. Li Chenggang, China international trade representative...