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1. Facebook cryptocurrency launch meets widespread skepticism, demand for safeguards

   The much-hyped launch of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra has met a brick wall of institutional skepticism as politicians and regulators take one look at CEO Mark Zuckerberg's privacy record and raise a collective eyebrow.
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2. US-backed Venezuela opposition caught embezzling ‘humanitarian aid’ cash

   Millions of dollars raised for “freedom and democracy” in Venezuela ended up spent in Colombia by the aides of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, and were exposed by Colombian spies in yet another blow to his cause.
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3. UK wants Pakistan to take back thousands of migrants who overstayed visas – Pakistan FM

   The British government has asked Pakistan to sign a treaty that would allow it to send thousands of Pakistani migrants with expired UK visas back to their home country, says Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
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4. Unimpressed toddler sends $56,000 sculpture FLY-ing to the ground in Swiss museum

   A trip to an art gallery in Switzerland turned into a nightmare for one mother last week after her lively three-year-old reached out and sent a sculpture worth $56,000 flying to the floor, much to the horror of onlookers.
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5. Spain refuels Russian ships despite NATO pressure, says UK has to leave Gibraltar

   Madrid has raised fresh complaints about British military presence in Gibraltar while continuing to resist NATO pressure to bar the Russian navy from refueling at the nearby port of Ceuta.
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6. Eliot Higgins’ Bellingcat channel suspended by YouTube, then quickly restored

   YouTube claimed another victim in its ongoing account-banning spree on Tuesday, this time targeting internet sleuth and open-source “investigator” Eliot Higgins.
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7. New Zealand government website erases Israel from map, replaces it with Palestine

   New Zealand’s immigration website deleted a fact sheet about Palestine from its website after it caused outrage for identifying Israel as Palestine on a map.
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8. Trump announces new US-China trade talks ahead of his G20 meeting with Xi

   The diplomatic delegations from the US and China will have talks prior to a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G20 summit in Japan later this month, the US leader said.
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9. Mexican volcano’s spectacular eruption captured from passenger plane (VIDEOS)

   A Mexican volcano’s dramatic eruption has been captured in spectacular footage taken from inside a plane as it flew past the shocking sight.
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10. Trump says he would ‘certainly’ go to war with Iran ‘over nuclear weapons’, but not right now

    US President Donald Trump said he would consider military action against Iran to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons. The row between Tehran and Washington escalated after the US accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers.
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