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North Korea recently executed a vice premier, South Korea’s government said, a move that would be the latest in a series of high-level purges by dictator Kim Jong Un, if confirmed
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Magnitude 6.8 off Rabaul, Papua new Guinea
Nothing further at this stage – waiting to hear if there is a tsunami alert
Map from USGS:
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– Depth of 499 kms

Apple’s Irish tax bill could top $20 billion if it does not succeed in overturning an European Commission ruling, says expert.

A Bank of Japan official urged close attention to consumer spending Wednesday, an indication that continued sluggishness in the biggest part of the economy is worrying central bankers ahead of a policy meeting next month.
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says the Bank of Japan is stuck in the stone age
A columnist in the Japan Times
– History’s most ambitious monetary experiment hasn’t evolved, adapted or unleashed the Darwinian forces the world’s No. 3 economy so desperately needs
The piece argues:

Donald Trump is considering a quick trip Wednesday to Mexico to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto shortly before the Republican presidential nominee is slated to give a speech on immigration in Phoenix, said sources close to the campaign.
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A half-dozen U.S.

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