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Talks between EU, U.S. don't point to trade war: Germany's Scholz 10/12/2018, 1:40:56 AM Trade talks between the United States and the European Union have been "sen... ✔ REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Finance ministers and central bankers from across the world are arriving in Indonesian resort of Bali this week for the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings ✔ The gathering comes amid an escalating trade dispute between the United States and China, financial jitters in some emerging economies and worries about Italy’s public finances ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles 'Prominent' risk: RBA warns trade war a growing threat to the economy 10/12/2018, 2:10:41 AM The risks of international shocks hitting Australia's otherwise resilient financial system are growing, the Reserve Bank warned on Friday. ✔ While the RBA said that this debt appears mainly to be owned by those able to repay it, there is the risk that highly indebted house...

Idlib residents declare hatred for all sides in Syria's civil war 10/12/2018, 2:21:43 AM In the battle between Syria's government and opposition groups civilians say they would be 'happy with any solution that stops them again becoming the victims of displacement, destruction and war' ✔ People in Idlib hate all those with power over them, says Ahmad Abu Omar, 33, a history teacher living the province, the last opposition enclave in the west of Syria ✔ The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory S. Korean bishop: Pope visit to N. Korea feasible if well prepared 10/12/2018, 3:13:13 AM VATICAN CITY--A trip by Pope Francis to North Korea is ✔ If the pope goes there, it will be a gigantic step, a qualitative step for the Korean Peninsula, for its pacification, said You, who was in Rome for a meeting of bishops from around the world known as a synod ✔ When the groundwork is done, the pope can...