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newsroom starts right now. our top story, u.s. president donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former attorney michael cohen. the president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top campaign advisers and russians. according to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. there are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. trump and his advisers have said mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. here are just a few examples. did you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. donald trump jr. put it all out today. did you he know the time that they had the meeting? no, i didn t know anything about the meeting. let s focus on what the president was aware. nothing. it must have been a very unborn meeting because i never h
Africa because of the commodity environment, the oil price going down to below $40 at various points. but as it has come back to its current levels between $70 and $80 a barrel, the commodity countries, the oil-producing countries in particular, have managed to stabilize, currencies have stabilized. and so the environment for diversification from that stable point and the use of surplus oil funds is now back on the agenda i guess. and the concept of sovereign wealth funds and mineral and industrial diverse ifverse if e indication is very much on the agenda. so the brics countries.die d indication is very much on the agenda. so the brics countries. how does the united states compare to say china s