Trump signs defense policy bill, urges US Congress to fund it

08:46, December 13, 2017

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  Republicans join push to lift secrecy around misconduct in Congress

  The Presidential motorcade awaits the departure of US President Donald Trump from the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US on November 28, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueProminent Republican senators on Thursday embraced a push to overhaul rules for addressing sexual harassment in the US Congress, signing on to a bill that would protect victims and require lawmakers to pay for their

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  China must move to blunt impact of US tax cuts

  Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GTA US tax reform bill in Congress has drawn international attention, and US President Donald Trump has made a major stride toward the goal of tax reform. As the largest economy in the world, any adjustment in US domestic economic policy will definitely have a strong impact on the rest of the world.The unprecedented scale of the

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  Chinese social media lights up over Trump’s space ambitions

  Chinese social media lit up following US President Donald Trump's announcement to send astronauts back to the moon, with some netizens mocking him, "going to tweet from the moon."Trump signed a policy directive Monday instructing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to "refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery," the Associated Press (AP) reported.The move, Trump said, "marks