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The 10 most important things in the world right now
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday.
1. Chinese stocks are getting hammered again, sliding as much as 5% in early trade on Tuesday.
2. Islamic State has blown up parts of the Temple of Bel in Syria’s Palmyra, considered the most important temple in the ancient city.
3. A business journalist who has been accused of writing a report that led to China’s stock market crash was shown on state TV “confessing” to causing the market “great losses.”
4. A newly released video appears to show sheriff’s deputies in San Antonio, Texas, fatally shooting a man with his hands up.
5. The US may sanction Russian and Chinese individuals and companies for cyber attacks in recent months.
6. Thousands of walruses have gathered together on an Alaskan shore because the ice they typically rely on to rest between hunts is gone.
7. Italian energy and gas company Eni says it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off the coast of Egypt.
8. Starting today, Google’s Chrome browser will begin blocking Adobe Flash ads.
9. Japan is asking for a defense budget hike — which would make the new budget the biggest in 14 years — to fortify an island chain close to waters claimed by China.
10. A rare hurricane hit the Cape Verde islands off the coast of West Africa, becoming only the third-known hurricane to blast the island nation and the farthest east a hurricane has formed on record in the Atlantic Ocean
And finally …
The last lunch menu served on the Titanic (corned beef and dumplings) is going up for auction.
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