american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've seen this with north korea we've seen it with other countries that are prone to follow the international community going back many years it's certainly not something that's exclusive to the trump administration we've also seen this in other contexts besides equipment sales such as facilitating financial transactions through the international financial system many european financial institutions have paid significant fines to u.s. regulators first priscilla taping these kinds of transactions that were clearly prohibited under either u.s. floor international sanctions under law in hong kong there is allegedly a ninety day truce in the trade war between china and the united states just around the corner

american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've seen this with north korea we've seen it with other countries that are prone to follow the international community going back many years it's certainly not something that's exclusive to the trump administration we've also seen this in other contacts besides equipment sales such as facilitating financial transactions through the international financial system many european financial institutions have paid significant fines to u.s. regulators first priscilla tating these kinds of transactions that rick literally prohibited under either u.s. floor international sanctions under law in hong kong there is allegedly a ninety day truce in the trade war between china and the united states just around the corne

american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there is certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've seen this with north korea we've seen it with other countries that are prone to follow the international community going back many years it's certainly not something that's exclusive to the trump administration we've also seen this in other contexts besides equipment sales such as facilitating financial transactions through the international financial system many european financial institutions have paid significant fines to u.s. regulators first priscilla taping these kinds of transactions that were clearly prohibited under either u.s. floor international sanctions under law in hong kong there is allegedly a ninety day truce in the trade war between china and the united states just around the corner t

best movement to demand lower taxes thousands of people wearing the garment demonstrated outside taipei's ministry of finance organizers said they were inspired by the success of the recent french protests. demonstrators in tunisia clashed with the authorities for a third day after a journalist killed himself to protest economic problems in that country several regions were affected the military has been deployed to help police tackle the ongoing violence. and a court in austria is set to rule on how much it was birthplace is worth and south of the state health of the body the apartment involved in for three hundred thousand euros the current owner is demanding one point five million judges are expected to decide the matter in january. yes present all troll doll and his commander in chief bomber jacket for a few hours on wednesday making an unannounced visit for troops stationed in iraq he it and first lady maloney a trump then made a brief stop at the ramstein air base here in germany it was the first time trump had gone in person to a conflict zone where u.s. forces are deployed is more

yellow vests movement to demand taxes thousands of people wearing the garment demonstrated outside taipei's the ministry of finance organizers said they were inspired by the success of the recent french protests. a court in austria is set to rule on how much birthplace is fluff that's after the state offer to buy the apartment in the now. for three hundred thousand the current owner is demanding one point five million judges are expected to decide on the issue in january jim is exploring the idea of a so-called mosque tax it would be loosely based on the existing tax which funds catholic and protestant churches. the idea is that levy a charge on practicing muslims here would make german last less dependent on financial support from abroad lawmakers from germany's ruling center left center right coalition once and foreign financing of german mosques like this one to do that they're proposing a so-called mosque tux. he saw that as a city i believe it's important that mosque associations in germany and islam are independent of foreign influence from currently the fact is that most of the money

to be a cool day for us well as rain in your forecast temps are there of sixteen degrees and for taipei rainy day for you as well with a temperature of about twenty three degrees. my name's from the file and i an addict i'm on my phone all day every day and my tablet is never really more than a few feet away the use of the internet elevates dopamine just like gambling does and just like cocaine goes i will experience my own unusual digital detox i feel like i don't want to how this thing is there all the time anymore my d.h. to addiction an al-jazeera. time physical over the top stories here it is there a second day of talks aimed at ending the war in yemen is due to begin in sweden any time now. day one saw a rather promising start that the arrival sides agreeing to exchange prisoners. they headed to his intelligence has briefed u.s. senators about his country's investigation into the murder a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there's growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man responsible for the killing. they groups say they've been forced to

better as we go towards sunday twenty five degrees a pleasant day for you as well as over here towards taipei mostly sunny conditions in the forecast with about twenty nine as a high well as you make your way down towards the south a little bit most of the clouds are going to remain down here towards the south up towards parts of the philippines it is not looking too bad in your forecast here on saturday some clouds there but we don't expect to see any heavy rain across mindanao from manila it is going to be a day about thirty one degrees there on saturday pretty much the same on sunday maybe a few showers starting to come into play as we go into the end of the weekend down towards paolo though heavy rain in your forecast the tempter there of about thirty degrees across parts of india mostly cloudy conditions across much of the region we don't see here on the satellite image but as we go towards parts of saturday and into the afternoon more clouds in the forecast there but for kolkata it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of about twenty nine degrees. the weather sponsored

better as we go towards sunday twenty five degrees a pleasant day for you as well as over here towards taipei mostly sunny conditions in the forecast with about twenty nine as your high well as you make your way down towards the south a little bit most of the clouds are going to remain down here towards the south up towards parts of the philippines it is not looking too bad in your forecast here on saturday some clouds there but we don't expect to see any heavy rain across mindanao from manila it is going to be a day about thirty one degrees there on saturday pretty much the same on sunday maybe a few showers starting to come into play as we go into the end of the weekend down towards palo though heavy rain in your forecast the tempter there of about thirty degrees across parts of india mostly cloudy conditions across much of the region we don't see here on the satellite image but as we go towards parts of saturday and into the afternoon more clouds in the forecast there but for kolkata it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of about twenty nine degrees. the weather sponsore

at dragon boat race in taipei and exciting event especially if you can tell who's out in front yet many here can see about this much practically nothing. some eighty percent of taiwanese children like pinky are severely short sighted by the time they leave school peggy's mother only realized this when peggy was twelve years old she was constantly falling behind in countless hours and now i was. up one day she came home and couldn't read anymore what the doctor told me that peggy would need an operation if i didn't do something about it straight away that. peggy was about to go blind and tragically have father died and her mother couldn't afford laser eye surgery for her daughter and so from their small flat peggy's mother began selling insurance policies should then so into the early hours of the morning scraping together enough money for a treatment that's become very popular in east asia night lenses. the extra thick contact lenses reshape the patient's cornea while they sleep but they're only effective if worn every night and peggy's mother has to keep buying new ones. in a yankees o

really well is there another moment of time here that we should be aware overall sterile feingold in taipei and is this is there a miscalculation on the part of this administration because john bolton was in the room when donald trump was talking to president xi jinping i.e. john bolton knew that they were going after this woman in vancouver he knew they were going to get so at that level and also on the level of the trade war mr trump seems to think that president xi is going to fold but there's nothing in his behavior today that would make one think president xi will fold he's on the road to economic glory in his mind and that journey is far from over. well we know that the trade policies over the last few months implemented both by the united states and china have had some negative repercussions on the economies of both countries as well as companies in both countries clearly the leadership at least as expressed on saturday night in one is our ace want to resolve this but i think the events in the fact that john bolton was in the room and was aware of this also shows that the united stat

forecast that you get a little bit better by the time get to tuesday maybe eight degrees there in taipei just a couple showers just to the east of you with the tempter they have about eighteen degrees well as a bigger way over here towards india looking quite nice for much of the area the problem areas going to be the north we are dealing with very cold temperatures also some very dense fog across much of that area as well as some haze causing some pollution in those regions so for new delhi twenty one degrees is going to be a high down towards the south a few passing clouds maybe a few intermittent showers for colombo with a term for the of thirty one staying like that as we go towards tuesday kolkata though a nice day if you with a temperature of about twenty four degrees and then here across parts of the middle east we are looking at the possibility some showers across the gulf notice the rain right there coming across the gulf that's really going to affect iran as well as parts of saudi arabia even over here monday night towards parts of qatar we could be seeing a shower passing by b

kong relatively nice conditions for you partly cloudy and twenty three degrees over here towards taipei though it is going to be a mostly cloudy day with a temperature of twenty well for india down here towards the south as well sri lanka we're going to be seeing some rain in your forecast across much of that area notice the clouds across the bed beguile over across india over towards the arabian sea as well these clouds will continue with the rain as well colombo the rain for you is going to continue we do expect to see attempts there of about thirty up towards the north down to delhi a little bit cooler we have had some problems with fog as well as some stagnant air across much of that area lowering the visibility so there has been a problem there over here towards cabin do on thursday attempt a few of fifteen degrees and then very quickly here in doha well we are going to see temperatures relatively normal for this time of year watch those clouds can be into play from wednesday to thursday we do expect to see a mostly cloudy day by the time we get to friday. the lights are on. and th

seeing some cooler temperatures few with only reaching to about eight degrees there over towards taipei is going to be about twenty but it's going to be mostly cloudy day in your forecast speaking of rain the rain is on the increase for parts of the philippines we do have a tropical system out here in the pacific that is making its way towards the west and it is starting out to be a trouble depression here on wednesday but by the time we get to thursday that storm system is expected to be a tropical storm and we do expect to see more rain across the region by the time we get to friday those rain totals could exceed well over three hundred millimeters so flash flooding could be a problem there down toward the southern part of india as well as sri lanka over the next few days rain is going to continue so we watch net up here towards the north though it's going to be a little chilly for parts of new delhi expect a big fog problem across the area new delhi at about ninety degrees there over here towards kolkata a better day for you with a temperature there of about twenty three. the with th

i'm adrian brown in taipei taiwan but for the past sixty nine years has been self-governing but this place is also claimed by mainland china and in the past it has threatened repeatedly to take taiwan back by force if necessary they've just had local elections here and the ruling party did very badly china it seems may well have been a factor i've been talking to joseph taiwan's foreign minister who has the job of selling taiwan's message overseas at a time when china is doing all it can to isolate taiwan internationally he admits it's a frustrating job i can not think of any other country that has a more difficult foreign policy then taiwan china has been trying very hard to isolate taiwan internationally josephs taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera. joseph we welcome to talk to al-jazeera the last time i met you you were secretary general of the democratic progressive party you had just secured the presidency the legislature your party had done very well in those elections we've just had local elections and things haven't gone so well what what went wrong ruling party we n

picture but the temperatures are also coming down to about seven degrees there over here towards taipei it is going to be a most cloudy day for you at twenty degrees and then very quickly over here across the philippines we are watching a tropical system out here in the pacific and that is going to bring some very heavy rain across much of the philippines midweek. a policy imposed decades ago woman part but she would still look to be goods and boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree distro zation our money to get other people to be the services out there examines the politics of population control. time visit take a look at the headlines here at al-jazeera to reza rein in and in these areas hampering the search for survivors of saturday's tsunami the number of dead in less than java has now climbed to four hundred twenty nine with one hundred fifty four people still missing experts fear more tsunamis a pos

going to be talking about getting better by the time we get towards monday but over here towards taipei it's going to be quite rainy weeks back to see attempts there of about twenty degrees well also very rainy across parts of the philippines this has been the trend over the last several days we think it's going to be continuing by the time we go towards the beginning of the week there are those clouds right there making their way towards the northwest so for manila that is going to mean very heavy rain in the forecast at least for the next two days and there could also be some localized flooding so a temperature a few of about twenty seven degrees pretty much staying the same as we go towards sunday maybe a little bit warmer there also some rain coming back for parts of thailand where it's been fairly nice over the last few days but there is that rain showers extending all the way down towards parts of malaysia as well as make a way over here toward sri lanka well the rain is also going to be a prick problem we do have a tropical wave in the bamberg all of that has been quite stationar

days just a little bit cooler there temps are there of about seventeen degrees same over towards taipei seventeen degrees in your forecast we are going to be seeing the rain starting to make their presence across parts of taiwan over the next few days but up towards shanghai it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of eighty degrees there and then here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing you can see the air of low pressure right there a tropical depression could become a tropical storm over the next few days we'll be watching a very carefully but we do expect to see some very heavy rain across parts of vietnam for the philippines things are improve human illa with a temperature of thirty. my main mission every weekly news cycle brings a seemingly simple breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump town through the eyes of the outstanding east that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means. listening post as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were caug

he is on his way to the philippines and dropped off presents in taipei, taiwan, a look at the government'sad santa tracker. he has been at it for several hours and already delivered more than a million gifts. there was condition that since the government shutdown norad might not run this year but you can't stop norad and can't stop santa. you may wonder how they are able to track travels around the globe, they are tracking infrared sensors from rudolph's nose. very accurate look at he is right now. hope you guys have been good. i know too much about michelle. >> santa is on the way. >>> 6:51 now, the federal government shutdown is expected to continue through the holidays, the effects here in the bay area. i'm kiet do, live in san francisco where the firefighters toy port coming up. a live look outside at the city of san francisco with the twinkling lates, 53 degrees. we'll be right back life at lefties ballpark. the toy drive has begun, started at 6:00, goes until 10:00 p.m. today. they have a need for toys for boys and girls ages 10- 13, so if you are out and about now, we got time, got

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temperatures reflecting that. 30 on tuesday in taipei and 20 by saturday.re will sunshine behind that front. plenty of heat for the of australia. the heat weighed a bates of australia. the heat weighed abates in the coming days but a chance of significant showers in queensland with flash flooding. if anything, the head heat shifts further westwards towards darwin and western australia before digging south briefly in the coming days. quite spiking temperatures for adelaide and melbourne. showers in cairns and darwin in the outlook. heading a little bit closer to home and we make our way toward europe. very unsettled on tuesday across greece and turkey. wet weather in cyprus and across the balkans, some showers and towards the north west, thatis showers and towards the north west, that is low—pressure waiting from across the atlantic. temperatures still on the mild side around the matter, the cold air sitting towards the north east meaning we could see something more wintry across the coming days. towards the west, mobile wet and windy weather dominating unti

. >>> and live pictures from taipei, taiwan, one of the latest countries to ring in the new year. these fireworks coming from the city's highest high rise. >> announcer: news 4 midday starts now. >>> good morning and welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm chris lawrence. >> and i'm molette grn. we begith the latest on this horrible story. three children are dead. two adults ar injured afterth e cars crashed on indian head highway in oxen hill last night. >> this is video from that scene, indian head highway is back open, but the liveser of ne who loved those children will never be the same. news 4's justin finch is live in oxen hill with the >> justin, do we know what caused this crash? >> well, molette, chris, prince george's county police are now digging deepe t intos crash investigation and tell me, they're not ruling out that alcohol and speed ce contributing factors in this crash. and they do also have a male driver in custody. >> on either side of these high noise barriers are homes, families, children split by indian head highway, which aaa calls one of the most dangeus roads in t

forecast that you get a little bit better by the time get to tuesday maybe eight degrees there in taipei just a couple showers just to the east of you with the tempter they have about eighteen degrees well as we make our way over here towards india looking quite nice for much of the area the problem areas going to be the north we are dealing with very cold temperatures also some very dense fog across much of that area as well as some haze causing some pollution in those regions so for new delhi twenty one degrees is going to be a high down towards the south a few passing clouds maybe a few intermittent showers for colombo with attempted to of thirty one stay like that as we go towards tuesday kolkata though a nice day if you with a temperature of about twenty four degrees and then here across parts of the middle east we are looking at the possibility some showers across the gulf notice the rain right there coming across the gulf that's really going to affect iran as well as parts of saudi arabia even over here monday night towards parts of qatar we could be seeing a shower passing by but

i'm a dream brown in taipei pick up at all of taiwan for the past sixty nine years has been self-governing but this place is also claimed by mainland china and in the past it has threatened repeatedly to take taiwan back by force if necessary they just had local elections here and the ruling party did very badly china it seems may well have been a factor i've been talking to joseph who taiwan's foreign minister who has the job of selling taiwan's message overseas at a time when china is doing all it can to isolate taiwan internationally he admits it's a frustrating job i can not think of any other country that has a more difficult foreign policy then taiwan china has been trying very hard to isolate taiwan internationally joseph taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera . joseph we welcome to talk to our two zero the last time i met you you were secretary general of the democratic progressive party you had just secured the presidency the legislature your party had done very well in those elections we've just had local elections and things haven't gone so well what what went wrong rulin

seeing some cooler temperatures few with only reaching to about eight degrees there over towards taipei it is going to be about twenty but it's going to be mostly cloudy day in your forecast speaking of rain the rain is on the increase for parts of the philippines we do have a tropical system out here in the pacific that is making its way towards the west and it is starting out to be a trouble depression here on wednesday but by the time we get to thursday that storm system is expected to be a tropical storm and we do expect to see more rain across the region by the time we get to friday those rain totals could exceed well over three hundred millimeters so flash flooding could be a problem there down toward the southern part of india as well as sri lanka over the next few days rain is going to continue so we'll be watching that up here towards the north though it's going to be a little chilly for parts of new delhi expect a big fog problem across the area new delhi at about ninety degrees there over here towards kolkata a better day for you with a temperature there of about twenty three

going to be talking about getting better by the time we get towards monday but over here towards taipei it's going to be quite rainy weeks back to see attempts there of about twenty degrees well also very rainy across parts of the philippines as has been the trend over the last several days we think it's going to be continuing by the time we go towards the beginning of the week there are those clouds right there making their way towards the northwest so for manila that is going to mean very heavy rain in the forecast at least for the next two days and there could also be some localized flooding so attempt a few of about twenty seven degrees pretty much staying the same as we go towards sunday maybe a little bit warmer there also some rain coming back for parts of thailand where it's been fairly nice over the last few days but there is that rain showers extending all the way down towards parts of malaysia as well as make a way over here towards sri lanka well the rain is also going to be a prick problem we do have a tropical wave in the bamberg all of that has been quite stationary bring

that stopped down close to 10% in taipei today.ve been watching some of these chinese drum makers plunging this afternoon. there is concern the government may drive down prices through its centralized procurement program, which allows cities and local governments in china to buy medicine in bulk. the big concern is that some of these pharma companies are going to have to massively cut prices to win these orders. back to you. , thank you so much. the selling pressure on u.s. futures has been so great that we have heard the cme had to pause trading due to volatility. european futures pointing to a third day of losses for european equities. today, we are asking the question, how concerning is thursday's ugly open? you can join the debate. now let's get the bloomberg first word news. >> thanks. u.k. prime minister theresa may is said to be weighing a range of concessions to win over conservative rebels and save her sinking brexit deal. after losing three house of commons votes on tuesday night, she has held talks with prominent eurosce

i'm adrian brown in taipei pickup at all of taiwan but for the past sixty nine years has been self-governing but this place is also claimed by mainland china and in the past it has threatened repeatedly to take taiwan back by force if necessary they just had local elections here and the ruling party did very badly china it seems may well have been a factor i've been talking to joseph taiwan's foreign minister who has the job of selling taiwan's message overseas at a time when china is doing all it can to isolate taiwan internationally he admits it's a frustrating job i can not think of any other country that has a more difficult foreign policy then taiwan china has been trying very hard to isolate taiwan internationally josephs taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera. joseph we welcome to talk to al-jazeera the last time i met you you were secretary general of the democratic progressive party you had just secured the presidency the legislature your party had done very well in those elections we've just had local elections and things haven't gone so well what what went wrong ruling part

i'm adrian brown in taipei taiwan for the past sixty nine years has been self-governing but this place is also claimed by mainland china and in the past it has threatened repeatedly to take taiwan back by force if necessary they just had local elections here and the ruling party did very badly china it seems may well have been a factor i've been talking to joseph taiwan's foreign minister who has the job of selling taiwan's message overseas at a time when china is doing all it can to isolate taiwan internationally he admits it's a frustrating job i can not think of any other country that has a more difficult foreign policy then taiwan china has been trying very hard to isolate taiwan internationally. taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera. joseph we welcome to talk to al-jazeera the last time i met you you were secretary general of the democratic progressive party you had just secured the presidency the legislature your party had done very well in those elections we've just had local elections and things haven't gone so well what went wrong ruling party we need to care about all

nejra: joining me now from taipei is tim. great to have you with us.this is not the first chinese company to come under pressure for breaching sanctions. how bad could this get for the tech giant? a smallerook at compatriot company, they broke rules on sanctions or trading with iran but they pledged to do something about it and they reneged on that pledge and eventually, they were looking down the barrel at having goods and components being halted. it was almost ground to a halt. yhat could happen but ther are a few steps away from the other companies position. the endgame and what the u.s. buts out of this is unclear the scenario could be very bad from the perspective of getting access to the important components that western manufacturers do supply. which is more important to u.s. companies -- china as a place to sell things or as a place to make things? >> i would argue the letter. -- latter. every company in the world want to sell into china. l it is a huge growing market with a large middle class. if you were apple, you would not ort to give up se

doesn't mean taiwan is over but it means taipei and washington need to think hard about how to help taiwan strategically in thisis dynamic. >> where is south korea trying to navigate this environment where it's trying to avoid strategic choices. and one of the factors is that south koreans don't want to be pressure sod ironically we have this growingan rivalry where th better strategy in terms of winningt. over south korea is s this growing rivalry where the better strategy in terms of winning over south korea is s t soft, not coercive. but another factor that determines the way south koreans longer term is what is -- who is shaping the international order? and that's where i think we have this emerging direct competition but what the south koreans are seeing right now is that the chinese envision maybe more of a power-based hierarchy and they know what that feels like and looks like historically. versus a norm-based hierarchy. so the question, i think, as this competition emerges, i think that that is one issue that south koreans will look hard at butt u ultimately south korean have gone

unequivocal support for taiwan by authorizing new arm sales, supporting enhanced high level contacts with taipei, and countering any efforts to forcibly change the status quo in the taiwan straits. on security, aria commits the u.s. government to the full implementation of angsts on north korea and its enablers. it enshrines a policy of regularly enforcing u.s. freedom of navigation and overflight rights in the east and south china seas where we're seeing increasingly aggressive activities by chinese ships and aircraft. mr. speaker, this bill also supports robust u.s. commercial presence in the region. it promotes u.s. exports and trade facilitation efforts while also authorizing penalties against those who steal united states' intellectual property. this is essential for the growth of the u.s. economy and the success of american businesses operating in the region. . unfortunately, there are also many challenges to human rights, nonproliferation, and democratic values in the indo-pacific. for that reason this bill bolsters the critical work of the state department and usaid to promote democracy,

taipei is up about .25%, and kuala lumpur also marginally higher, so less pessimism and a little more is it for "daybreak asia." our markets coverage continues. stand by for bloomberg markets: the china open. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: welcome to "bloomberg markets: china open." yvonne: he says the fed chairman is safe. rishaad: china announcing more stimulus as the economy grapples with a slow down made worse by the trade war. yvonne: opec confirms next month. they are in a moment to support oil prices.

it notably encourages regular weapon sales to taipei. the u.s. chamber of commerce endorsed this legislation, stating it encourages this act and thanks senator guarder and markey for strengthening relationships across the indo-pacific region. we appreciate the bill's focus on closer trade ties, stronger protections for intellectual property and renewed focus on trade facilitation. the heritage foundation wrote on december 6, a sweeping bill with bipartisan support in congress and backing of the trump administration is one step closer to becoming reality. this act, introduced by senator cory gardner with markey and rubio passed the senate on wednesday. this was a welcomed display of leadership. in these partisan time it has gardnered support from experts aacross the political spectrum. as the singapore straits time wrote, under the obama administration -- region but the u.s. just flat out did not readjust our resources in a way that actually backed that up said dr. lindsey ford, director of political security affairs for the asia society institute

china has seen some decent gains here in tokyo and taipei. a bit of strength into the chinese renminbi. we are waiting to see what will come out of the central economic work conference happening on tuesday. we see the likes of the south korean won and the ringgit and the yuan. we will see if what we hear from the fed this week will be dollar positive or dollar negative. we could see some weakening further ahead. on commodities, a decent bit when it comes to iron ore. hovering. we haven't talking about corn as well as soy, all rallying. china will be buying up more these american goods. key question is whether terrorists will be reduced on corn and soy. corn futures up modestly by .1%. let's look at first word news with paul allen from sydney with more. : senior u.k. officials are pushing back at the idea of a second referendum. speculation of a new vote has been rising every since the prime minister abandoned a policy vote with leaders in brussels. she faces more intense questioning in the commons later on monday. pushing for an urgent shareh

a dragon boat race in taipei an exciting event especially if you can tell who's out in front yet manyhere can see about this much practically nothing. some eighty percent of taiwanese children like pinky are severely short sighted by the time they leave school peggy's mother only realized this when peggy was twelve years old she was constantly falling behind in class i was in debt i hope. one day she came home and couldn't read anymore what the doctor told me that peggy would need an operation if i didn't do something about it straight away. peggy was about to go blind and tragically have father died and her mother couldn't afford laser eye surgery for her daughter and so from their small flat to peggy's mother began selling insurance policies should then so into the early hours of the morning scraping together enough money for a treatment that's become very popular in east asia night lenses. the extra thick contact lenses reshape the patient's cornea while they sleep but they're only effective if worn every night and peggy's mother has to keep buying new ones. in the yankees or the o

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