News Headlines - 25 July 2017
▽Lighthizer, Fox open U.S.-UK working group highlighting potential FTA | InsideTrade.com
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox opened the first meeting of the U.S.-UK Trade and Investment Working Group on Monday by highlighting the group's goal of preparing both side to formally launch negotiations on a trade agreement once the UK formally leaves the European Union.
▽China opens first cinema on disputed South China Sea island - BBC News
China this weekend opened what it called a state-of-the-art cinema hall in Sansha, a city it formed on Woody Island, the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands, from where it administers the area and has a military garrison.
While the search for remains of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains suspended, crews that searched for the plane have collected an extensive trove of data from the depths of the Indian Ocean.
“It is estimated that only 10 to 15 percent of the world's oceans have been surveyed with the kind of technology used in the search for MH370, making this remote part of the Indian Ocean among the most thoroughly-mapped regions of the deep ocean on the planet,” Geoscience Australia's Environmental Geoscience Division Chief Dr. Stuart Minchin said in a release.
▽In nod to Hollywood, Italian bank robbers don Trump masks for heists
Italian police said on Monday they had arrested two brothers suspected of robbing dozens of cash machines while wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump.
▽‘Wonder Woman’ Becomes Top Earning Summer Movie at the Domestic Box Office – Variety
As of this weekend, “Wonder Woman” is officially the highest grossing summer film at the domestic box office. With $389 million, the DC Comics movie from Warner Bros. has passed the previous leader, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” ($387 million). “Guardians,” though, has “Wonder Woman” beat on a global level with $860 million versus $779 million so far.
