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Recent News

• Salaries of top Chinese bankers slashed by half
• U.S. rated as the highest global spender in military
• ‘Suspicious activity’ noticed at North Korean nuclear site
• China issues stern warning as U.S., Philippines begin war games
• Blackstone to buy Indian IT company Mphasis
• After Palmyra, Syrian forces drive ISIS out of another town
• We have to make more nuclear deterrence: North Korea
• Several killed in heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
• North Korea fires short-range missile, tries to Jam GPS signals
• Ban welcomes joint China-US pledge to sign Paris climate accord in April