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Airlines in stand-off over cutting ticket prices

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Airlines are locked in a “stand-off” over whether to cut ticket prices, and Mark Carney is making a last ditch bid to avert Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat. Plus, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the deadliest in the country’s history and Malaysia has been an unassuming AI winner.


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Mark Carney in last-ditch effort to avoid Donald Trump’s latest tariffs

Airlines in ‘stand-off’ over price cuts as jet fuel costs ease

Ebola outbreak becomes DR Congo’s deadliest

Malaysia profits from data centre boom


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