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G-7 Leaders Back $20 Million Package To Help Fight Amazon Fires

11:34am August 27, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Nigel Sizer, chief program officer at the Rainforest Alliance, about the impact the fires are having on the communities and species that live in the rainforest.

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French Wine Gets Caught Up In France's New Tax On Big Tech

7:43am August 27, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

At the G7 Summit, President Trump declined to say if he had backed down from his threat to place tariffs on French wine in retaliation for that country's new tax on digital giants.

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U.S. Tensions With Its Global Allies Are On Display At G-7 Summit

11:35am August 26, 2019

NPR's David Greene talks to Amanda Sloat of the Brookings Institution, and David Rennie of The Economist magazine, about the global standing of the U.S. The G-7 meetings in France wrap up Monday.

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Usually Orchestrated G-7 Summit, Has Its Fair Share Of Surprises

11:09am August 26, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Leaders from the world's seven most advanced economies spent the weekend meeting in France. There were some surprises — including an unannounced visit from a top Iranian diplomat.

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Talk Of A No-Deal Brexit Raises The Prospects Of A United Ireland

7:32am August 26, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

As frustration mounts over the possibility of the U.K. withdrawing from the EU without a deal, some Irish are considering the unthinkable: uniting the north and the south.

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News Brief: G-7 Summit, Financial Markets, Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit

6:06am August 26, 2019

Leaders from the G-7 wrap up their meeting in France. Friday was a rough day for U.S. financial markets, and Monday could be too. And, a verdict is expected Monday in an opioid case in Oklahoma.

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At G-7, Macron Springs Surprise Iranian Visit

5:30pm August 25, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

It's been an eventful G-7 Summit: President Trump expressed second thoughts on his trade war with China. And Iran's Foreign Minister arrived in France for side talks on his country's nuclear program.

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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world's biggest economic powers.

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Trump Walks Back Statements On China; White House Walks Them Forward

1:39pm August 25, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The president said he was having second thoughts after hiking tariffs on Chinese goods and threatening to force U.S. companies out of China. The White House said his comments were misinterpreted.

U.S. President Trump has lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz, France. Leaders of some of the world's major economies have arrived in the country for the Group of Seven summit.

Trade And Economic Tensions Loom Over G-7 Summit In France

2:58pm August 24, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Just before leaving Washington, D.C., Friday, President Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports and threatened to force American companies to leave China.

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The Human Chain Of The Baltic Way

8:32am August 24, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Thirty years ago, 2 million people in the Baltic states made a human chain to demand independence from the Soviet Union. Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians remembered the chain Friday.