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A missile of an anti-aircraft defence mobile missile system is seen in front of a missile launched from S-300 anti-aircraft system during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017, outside Astrakhan, Russia.

 


 

Russia

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he believes Washington and Russia can find a way to ease tension, saying it wouldn't be useful to cut ties over the single issue of suspected Russian meddling in the U.S. election. Tillerson said Russia had also expressed some willingness to resume talks about the crisis in Ukraine, where a 2015 ceasefire between Kiev's forces and Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country is regularly violated.

 

Reuters TV: U.S. talks sanctions with Russia

 

Pence denies eyeing presidential bid amid distance with Trump over Russia

 


North Korea

 

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to apply maximum pressure and sanctions on North Korea in a telephone call, while China expressed hope that North and South Korea could resume contact soon. The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday aimed at pressuring Pyongyang to end its nuclear program. The sanctions could slash North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue by a third. 

 

North Korea denounces U.N. sanctions, says will take 'righteous action': KCNA

 

China says dialogue vital to tackle Korean peninsula crisis

 


U.S.

 

A triumvirate of America’s most respected generals now sits at the political heart of the Trump administration, writes columnist Peter Apps. Will they bring "a much-needed dose of sanity and experience" to the White House?  Or do their appointments risk politicizing the armed services? 

 

Infrastructure borrowing drops as U.S. states await Trump plan details

 

Toxic waste from U.S. pot farms alarms experts

 

Australia finds U.S. military aircraft that crashed off northeast coast

 

Two Baltimore murders break 72-hour anti-violence 'ceasefire'

 

Taylor Swift in federal court over groping allegation 

 



A streaker is chased by a steward after invading the track at the World Athletics Championships, London Stadium, Britain.


Technology

 

Google executives over the weekend rushed to denounce an engineer's memo that ascribed gender inequality in the technology industry to biological differences, a view that sparked outrage at the internet giant and inflamed tensions over sexual harassment and discrimination in Silicon Valley. The unnamed engineer asserted in the 3,000-word document that circulated inside the company last week that "Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture" which prevented honest discussion of the issue. 

 

WeWork to invest $500 million to expand in Southeast Asia, South Korea 

 

U.S. cable firms embrace former foe Netflix as TV viewing shifts

 

UK government sets out tougher guidelines to protect smart cars from hackers 

 

Cyber threats prompt return of radio for ship navigation

 

Commonwealth Bank blames 'coding error' for alleged money-laundering breaches

 

Tesla seeks to raise $1.5 billion to fund Model 3 production

 


Business

Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli could spend years in prison for Friday's investor fraud conviction if the judge focuses on the intended impact of his crime and his "Pharma Bro" social media antics, according to legal experts. Shkreli, widely criticized after he acquired rights to an infection treatment and then raised prices 5,000 percent in 2015, hopes to avoid prison because of an unusual twist to his case: defrauded investors suffered no loss from his crime. 

 

Breakingviews: Signals are good for China Tower IPO 

 

SoftBank CEO says interested in investing in Uber, Lyft

 

Toshiba may gain auditor sign-off, reducing delisting risk: media

 

Deutsche Bank tumbles down private bank rankings

 


South China Sea

Australia, Japan and the United States urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said they strongly opposed "coercive unilateral actions". The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should establish a set of rules that were "legally binding, meaningful, effective, and consistent with international law," the foreign ministers of the three countries said in a statement following a meeting in Manila. 

 

ASEAN overcomes communique impasse, urges non-militarisation in South China Sea

 


World

The confession of a Pakistani teenager who was captured moments before carrying out a suicide attack has given police a rare glimpse into a militant network they say is behind the recent surge in sectarian violence. Usman's testimony, a copy of which has been seen by Reuters, describes a web of radical seminaries and training and bomb making facilities stretching from eastern Afghanistan, where the young man was recruited, to Pakistan's southern Sindh province. 

 

Venezuela quells attack on military base, two killed 

 

Samsung scion Lee fights back tears as prosecutors seek 12 years' jail term

 

Israel moves to shut down local operations of Al Jazeera 

 

Foreigners working with Kenyan opposition manhandled by police before being deported 

 

Australia to hold postal vote to decide on same-sex marriage law