Stock markets rose on Wednesday as strong China growth data and potential big deals

 Stock markets  rose on 

Wednesday as strong China growth data and 

potential big deals

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 Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday as strong China growth data and potential big deals in the United States boosted investor sentiment while concerns eased over the vulnerability of Portugal's largest listed lender.

Commodity prices also found support from the Chinese data, which pointed to improving demand, while gold rebounded after a two-day drop.................

F-35 fighter ‘can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run’:

F-35 fighter ‘can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run’:

Pentagon needs budget  

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The U.S. military has grounded all its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters following an incident on June 23, when one of the high-tech warplanes caught fire on the runway of a Florida air base. The no-fly order — which affects at least 50 F-35s at training and test bases in Florida, Arizona, California and Maryland — began on the evening of July 3 and continued through July 11.

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Germany's jubilant World Cup triumph : Germany's Merkel doesn't get carried away on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

 Germany's jubilant World Cup triumph :

Germany's Merkel  doesn't get carried away 

on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

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Angela Merkel, it seems, has had her fill of parties for now.

Just four days after joining Germany's jubilant soccer players in their dressing room to revel in their World Cup triumph, the chancellor is making sure she doesn't get carried away on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

It is hard to imagine a more low-key celebration for Merkel, named by Forbes magazine as the world's most powerful woman but still known as "Mutti", or Mummy, in her homeland where her no-nonsense attitude merely enhances her soaring popularity....................

Truce collapses: Israel poised for Gaza incursions

Truce collapses: Israel poised for Gaza incursions 

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 Israel urged the evacuation on Wednesday of several Gaza Strip areas where more than 100,000 people live, threatening ground operations after briefly holding fire under an Egyptian truce proposal that failed to stop Palestinian rocket salvoes.

Authorised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet to escalate an eight-day-old offensive, the military said it had sent out evacuation warnings in northeastern Gaza.................

Multimillion-dollar effort :YouTube

Multimillion-dollar effort :YouTube  discussions with Hollywood and independent producers

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YouTube has embarked on a new round of discussions with Hollywood and independent producers to fund premium content  that could bolster a three-year-old multimillion-dollar effort that has had mixed success so far.

The talks underscore Google Inc's desire to complete YouTube's transition from a repository for grainy home videos to a site sporting the more polished content crucial to securing higher-priced advertising................