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The Latest: 68 arrests reported at protest near G-7 summit
The Latest on the Group of Seven summit (all times local):
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Even before photo op of G-7 allies, sharp elbows come out
The posturing by leaders of the G-7 rich democracies began well before they stood together for a summit photo.
Trump tells U.S. businesses to find alternatives to China
President Donald Trump declared Friday that he had "hereby ordered" American companies with operations in China "to immediately start looking for" an alternative after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs.
Global worry over Amazon fires escalates; Brazil's president defiant
Amid global concern about raging fires in the Amazon, Brazil's government complained Thursday that it is being targeted in smear campaign by critics who contend President Jair Bolsonaro is not doing enough to curb widespread deforestation.
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Minnesota students to build solar suitcases to light up classrooms in Kenya's refugee camp
The program will teach STEM education, environmental action and global issues.
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Israel's move to bar Omar, Tlaib from visit draws wide criticism
On Friday, Tlaib said she won't visit her relatives in the West Bank after Israel reversed itself earlier in the day by issuing a permit on humanitarian grounds.
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Scientists distill vodka using grains, water from Chernobyl
They set out to show that safe agriculture is feasible in some of the abandoned areas.
UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry future
Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific report says. That creates a vicious cycle which is already making food more expensive, scarcer and less nutritious.
Nation
Puerto Ricans get their 3rd governor in 6 days
Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez became Puerto Rico's new governor Wednesday, just the second woman to hold the office, after weeks of political turmoil and hours after the island's Supreme Court declared Pedro Pierluisi's swearing-in a week ago unconstitutional.
Agriculture
In another blow to farmers, Chinese to halt U.S. farm imports
In Minnesota, soybean exports have sharply declined. Pork and other goods may soon halt.
Walloped by Europe's heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt
The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice loss in the Arctic -- 11 billion tons on Wednesday alone.
How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
The latest tariffs President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists estimate, and would start to bite consumers and retailers just as the holiday shopping season begins.
Trump says he'll put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports
President Donald Trump intensified pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn't already taxed. The move immediately sent stock prices sinking.
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