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Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg
![Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg]( "Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg")
About 4,000 people marched through the city center Sunday to protest against the climate and trade policies of the world's major developed and emerging economies.
US warship sails close to S. China Sea island occupied by Beijing
An American warship on Sunday sailed close to a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by Beijing, as part of an operation to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the waters, a US official said. The destroyer USS Stethem passed less than 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, the official told AFP. The operation, which is likely to provoke Beijing, is the second of its kind carried out by the United States since President Donald Trump took office.
China's new heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight
China's launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, carrying what the government said was its heaviest ever satellite, failed on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua said. The same rocket type had been expected to take China's latest lunar probe to the Moon this year and to return with samples. President Xi Jinping has prioritised advancing China's space programme to strengthen national security and defence, and the government has stressed it is a purely peaceful initiative.
Israel's Olmert: from promise to prison
Ehud Olmert was once described as "probably the best" politician Israel ever produced, but the debonair ex-premier who was released from prison on Sunday has seen a humiliating fall from grace. Olmert, 71, became Israel's first ex-prime minister to serve jail time when he walked into the Maasiyahu prison in the central city of Ramle in February 2016 for the 27-month term over corruption scandals. A balding father-of-four with a lean physique, roguish grin and a reputed taste for fine cigars, Olmert maintained his innocence in a video message before entering prison.
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