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The system for resolving world trade disputes grinds to a halt after the US blocks any new WTO judges. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/35atz8n

Castles and mirrored ceilings attracted clicks among window shoppers on a property website. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2EhPQWh

Many currency traders will be working through the night on 12 December. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2ryJOO3

In the UK and US, political parties are promising spending splurges. Is more borrowing sensible? from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2LJ6zFP

Increasing tremor activity on a volcanic island in New Zealand has hampered efforts by authorities to recover the bodies of eight people believed to be on the island, two days after it erupted. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34a6Ckg

Venite Bernard's feet are bloodied and torn because, she said, she had no time to grab her sandals when she fled her shack with her youngest children as gangsters roamed the Haitian capital's most notorious slum, shooting people in their homes. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LFPCfs

The United Nations is "unable to independently corroborate" that missiles and drones used in attacks on Saudi oil facilities in September "are of Iranian origin," Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2sjbo1D

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a base in Florida. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PBDDRp

Britain's election race has tightened markedly over the past two weeks and Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now likely to win only a modest majority in Thursday's vote, according to a closely watched forecast released on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35ajngh

President Donald Trump warned Russia not to interfere in U.S. elections in talks with Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday, the White House said, after meetings where the two sides made no visible progress on nuclear arms control. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36s0aHb

The South Pacific islands of Bougainville should know the result of an independence referendum on Wednesday, officials said, amid expectations the province will soon be in a position to negotiate a separation from Papua New Guinea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/358sI8c

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, warned Russia not to interfere in U.S. elections, the White House said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RLrjjY

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that recovery teams were hoping to access the volcanic island on Wednesday where eight people are missing and feared dead, two days after an eruption killed six people. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YBUeZf

New Zealand police said they are constantly assessing the potential to mount a recovery effort for the people still on White Island after this week's volcanic eruption, while post-mortems have begun on the six confirmed victims. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qGMqsT

A former Mexican government official responsible for public security has been charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel once run by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to help it operate with "impunity" in Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2seKtnM

Brewery releases 'OK Boomer' beer: 'Out with the old and in with the new' Well, that was quick.