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Stories for June 8th 2019

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:42 UTC

  Putin and Xi call for a rethinking of the US dollar role in global trade

  

  China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin hit back at US global economic dominance on Friday as they took the stage together at Russia's showcase business forum.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Theresa May becomes acting PM; Tories'round of secret ballots to chose successor

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down as leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May, who quietly tendered her resignation in a private letter to the party, will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but leaves Britain's tortuous departure from the European Union stalled.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  NASA goes into space tourism: US$ 58m for a round trip and US$ 35.000 a night

  

  NASA said on Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. Price tag? Tens of millions of dollars for a round trip ticket and US$35,000 a night.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:35 UTC

  Trump suspends tariffs following Mexico's agreement on illegal immigration

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has indefinitely suspended the threat of tariffs against Mexico after reaching “a signed agreement” on immigration.