News Headlines - 07 July 2017
Demonstrators carrying banners that read: “welcome to hell” and “Smash G20” were raised as the protest that attracted scores of activists descended in to chaos. Up to 100,000 protesters were expected to march on the city ahead of the summit as police warned of possible violence, saying they had confiscated a number of homemade weapons.
▽The EU-Japan EPA, What Does it Mean for U.S. Agriculture?
Despite this success, the U.S. could do better. Japan continues to maintain high tariffs on agricultural goods, especially when compared to other developed economies. Reductions in these tariffs will certainly mean greater sales for the country able to reach and ratify a trade agreement. This is why American Farm Bureau Federation and the vast majority of the U.S. agricultural community celebrated the signing of the TPP on February 4, 2016, and mourned the U.S. withdrawal on January 23, 2017.
▽Peru leader to consult doctors on Fujimori 'medical pardon' - NY Daily News
Peru's president said Friday night that a group of doctors will help him determine whether a "medical pardon" should be given to ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail for abuses committed during his 1990-2000 strongman reign.
▽El Salvador teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth | The Guardian
A teenage rape victim in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder after having a stillbirth, the latest in a long line of failures of justice against pregnant women in the Central American country.
▽Emma Stone: male co-stars took pay cuts to earn the same as me | The Guardian
Speaking to Out Magazine, the actor addressed the pay disparity between male and female performers in film. Stone did not reveal which male performers had taken pay cuts but said that they had agreed to do so because they felt it was fair.
