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FUNDING BOOST FOR CHILDREN WITH BRAIN CANCER

NEWS

Vol. 01 Issue 02 August 1, 2018

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Australia Bureau.

Australian Government will provide $5 million to ensure all Australian children with high risk brain cancer have access to life-saving clinical trials and genetic testing. The Government’s $105 million Australian Brain Cancer Mission will provide the funding to boost the Zero Childhood Cancer initiative. We are able to provide this funding boost to health and medical research because of our stronger economy. The funding will mean more than 200 children - around 50 every year - with high risk brain cancer will now be

included in the program from right across Australia.

Children with high risk brain cancers will receive genomic and biologic testing on their cancer cells, to help identify the drugs most likely to attack and treat their specific cancer.

Scientists and doctors will work collaboratively to identify and deliver the most effective treatment plan, specifically tailored to suit each child’s individual disease. The funding will be used to fast track access to targeted treatments through a range of new national and international clinical trials.

Tougher Monitoring For Young Parolees in Australia

Melbourne: Parolees as young as 16 could be forced to wear electronic monitoring devices, and subject to drug and alcohol tests regardless of age as a condition of their parole, under tough new laws introduced today by the Andrews Labor Government. Electronic monitoring will be targeted at young offenders who have committed serious offences such as murder, rape, home invasions, car jackings and culpable driving resulting in death.

Record 22,400 minimum wage workers to receive millions in backpay in UK

London: The names of 239 employers found to have underpaid 22,400 UK workers by a total of £1.44m have been published today by the government. The back pay identified by HMRC was for more workers than in any previous single naming list and has generated record fines of £1.97m.

Victoria Crowned Number One Economy In Australia

Melbourne: Victoria’s economic growth, its pace of construction, and new-home starts, have powered it to the top of Australia’s economic performance table. The latest CommSec State of the States report released today shows Victoria leads the nation, following an analysis of key economic indicators, including retail spending, unemployment, housing finance.

TL Bureau Imran Khan will be sworn in as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister before the country’s independence day on August 14, his party has announced as it is trying to reach out to smaller parties and independents to form the next government. Though the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest

USTR Issues Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to Unfair Trade Practices

TL Bureau Washington, DC – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property.

On May 29, 2018, President Trump stated that USTR shall announce by June 15 the imposition of an additional duty of 25 percent on approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports containing industrially significant technologies, including those related to China’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy. Today’s action comes after an exhaustive Section 301 investigation in which USTR found that China’s acts, policies and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation are unreasonable and discriminatory, and burden U.S. commerce.

“We must take strong defensive actions to protect America’s leadership in technology and innovation against the unprecedented threat posed by China’s theft

of our intellectual property, the forced transfer of American technology, and its cyber attacks on our computer networks,” said Ambassador Robert Lighthizer. “China’s government is aggressively working to undermine America’s high-tech industries and our economic leadership through unfair trade

Imran Khan to be sworn in as Pakistan PM before Aug 14

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party in the National Assembly after the July 25 elections, the party is still short of numbers to form its government on its own. PTI leader Naeenul Haq told media last night that consultations

are on to complete the number game. “We have done our homework and he will take oath as Prime Minister before August 14,” Haq said. According to the complete preliminary results announced by the ECP, the PTI got 115 general seats—12 short of a simple majority—while the PML-N and PPP won 64 and 43 seats, respectively.

practices and industrial policies like ‘Made in China 2025.’ Technology and innovation are America’s greatest economic assets and President Trump rightfully recognizes that if we want our country to have a prosperous future, we must take a stand now to uphold fair trade and protect American

competitiveness.” The list of products issued today covers 1,102 separate U.S. tariff lines valued at approximately $50 billion in 2018 trade values. This list was compiled based on extensive interagency analysis and a thorough examination of comments and testimony from interested parties.

Prime Minister Theresa May met with Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas in Salzburg

TL Bureau

UK. Prime Minister met the Estonian Prime Minister Juri

Ratas at the Salzburg Festival. Prime Minister Ratas expressed his appreciation for the deployment of UK troops to NATO’s enhanced forward presence in Estonia. The Prime Minister underlined our ongoing support for Estonia’s and Europe’s collective security. The Prime Minister outlined the UK’s proposals for our future relationship with the EU. Both leaders agreed on the particular importance of continued security and defence cooperation. The Prime Minister updated on the investigation into the death of Dawn Sturgess and thanked Prime Minister Ratas for Estonia’s solidarity following the attack on the Skripals in Salisbury. They agreed that the response had been an important signal of European unity.