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Baroness Meyer tweeted this shocking images of her husband: Sir Christopher Meyer, the former ambassador to the US in hospital after two youths attacked him at Victoria station in London.... Read more via Tribune – https://ift.tt/2KSwAnP Get more World News

It is another gladiatorial trade blow that is about to commence between two global economic giants: China and the United States..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2JjhhPf Get more World News

Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards. The social network is currently running an advertising campaign in the UK that declares "fake news is not our friend". But it said publishers often had … Read more via BBC News...

US actor Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man following a backlash from the LGBT community. The Avengers … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2NeXseq Get more World News

A summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will go ahead as planned despite tension over Moscow’s alleged election meddling, the White House says. The pair … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2Jn7vM7 Get more World News

Cameroon’s 85-year-old president, Paul Biya, announced Friday that he plans to run for a seventh consecutive term in office in the October election “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election,” Biya, who has been head of state in the West African … Read more via Gossip Mill...

An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi. Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in North Toraja District. According to Daily Mail …...

While waiting for guests Donald and Melania Trump to arrive at Windsor Castle today, Queen Elizabeth II was spotted checking her watch, like a very normal, probably hot (it was 80 degrees in Windsor today) human queen. The Trumps were scheduled to meet with the Queen for tea … Read more via...