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Trump says will quit Pacific trade deal on day one of presidency 00:44 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump released a video on Monday laying out actions he will take on his first day in office on Jan. 20, including withdrawing the United States from a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.  Full Article

 
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Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake, nuclear plant briefly disrupted 00:56 GMT 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011.  Full Article  

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits New Zealand's North Island - USGS 00:34 GMT 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck central New Zealand on Tuesday, little more than a week after a powerful tremor centred in the upper South Island rocked the country and killed two people.  Full Article  

 
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