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We really don’t know where the US is on Syria, Saudi prince says

U.S. foreign policy in places like Syria has been “contradictory,” according to the former chief of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services.

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Blizzard reduces ban and gives back prize money to gamer it punished for backing Hong Kong protests

Blizzard insisted that its initial decision to ban “Hearthstone” player Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai was not influenced by the company’s relationships in China.

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Superstar German DJ ‘permanently banned’ from China for liking a ‘South Park’ tweet

On Friday, Zedd tweeted about the ban, and CNBC verified the claim with his publicist on Saturday.

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US says troops in Syria came under Turkish fire

U.S. officials say an American outpost in northeastern Syria has been vacated after coming under fire from Turkish artillery.

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President Trump tweets that Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan is stepping down

President Donald Trump said in a tweet Friday that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is stepping down.

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Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe join PayPal in no longer supporting Facebook’s effort to launch a currency.

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US postpones next tariff hike after China trade talks

US President Donald Trump hails a “phase one deal” and suspends a planned tariff hike.

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Boeing CEO loses chairman role to focus on 737 Max crisis

Boeing’s board removed CEO Dennis Muilenburg as chairman amid the fall out of two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.

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Turning Paris’s underground car parks into mushrooms farms

Paris is renovating many of its underground car parks and some are now growing mushrooms.

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Airline collapse rules could be changed so planes can fly people home

The government wants to be able to requisition grounded planes to fly stranded passengers home.