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German-Turkey ties crack as Gabriel snubbed in Ankara

Bloomberg Germany’s foreign minister was set to return from a visit to Turkey on Monday with nothing but increased ill will, after talks failed to resolve disputes that have damaged relations between the NATO allies. Turkey will continue to block German officials from visiting their country’s troops at Incirlik, Turkey’s main NATO base near the Syrian border, Turkish Foreign Minister ...

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The messy reality of global warming

There was no need for President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement to achieve his goal of overturning the Obama administration’s global warming policy. This had already occurred through court rulings and executive orders, which effectively halted higher vehicle fuel economy standards (up to 54.5 miles per gallon) and ended the Clean Power Plan program, ...

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Uber is transportation, but keep that on the down low

Uber is the San-Franscico-based technology company. It is also a transportation company. That may seem like a trivial distinction, but a lot is riding on it. And not just for Uber, but for every disrupter that fancies itself a technology company. Europe’s highest court — the European Court of Justice — will decide later this year whether Uber is more ...

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