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Vietnam legislators back cyber law clamping down on tech firms, dissent

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese legislators approved a cybersecurity law on Tuesday that tightens control of the internet and global tech companies operating in the Communist-led country, raising fears of economic harm and a further crackdown on dissent. The cyber law, approved by 91 percent of attending legislators, requires Facebook , Google and other global technology [...]

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Tensions then smiles as Kim and Trump reach hands across history

Steadily, almost warily, the two leaders approached each other on a colonnaded verandah, their hands outstretched as a gaggle of media watched from a platform and the rest of the world looked on. Weeks in the making after decades of war, antagonism and venom, the first encounter between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and [...]

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Trump says summit with North Korea's Kim 'better than anybody expected'

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday had gone "better than anybody could have expected", and they would sign a document following talks on ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula. Source: Reuters World News

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Trump, Kim launch charm offensive at summit; no word yet on discussions

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had forged a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, as the two men sought ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula. Source: Reuters World News

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El Salvador judge orders arrest of 17, including minister, in Funes probe

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A judge in El Salvador ordered the arrest of 17 people, including the current Minister of Social Inclusion, on Monday for their suspected involvement in a corruption racket allegedly led by former President Mauricio Funes. Source: Reuters World News

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As Trump attacks, Canada goes to Plan B: same as Plan A

OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's blistering attack on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has driven bilateral relations to their lowest point in decades and left Ottawa with few options for averting a trade war with its much bigger neighbor. Source: Reuters World News

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Canada parliament condemns U.S. attack on Trudeau, country simmers

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's House of Commons on Monday unanimously condemned the personal attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by U.S. President Donald Trump and his surrogates as the famously polite nation simmered over the weekend broadsides by its U.S. ally. Source: Reuters World News

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U.S. extradites former Panama president to home country

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The United States on Monday extradited former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to the Central American country, the U.S. State Department said, to face charges of illegal wiretapping. Source: Reuters World News

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