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The European Union and United States clinched a deal in July last year that saw Washington impose 15 percent duties on most European goods.

From Barron's

After growing strongly on the back of massive military spending -- up to nine percent of GDP -- Russia's economy has slowed, posting just a one percent expansion last year.

From Barron's

Israel, an arid country, is a world leader in water management -- nearly 90 percent of its wastewater is recycled and vast seawater desalination plants provide more than 80 percent of its drinking water.

From Barron's

"If we think 10 percent of planetesimal objects are contact binaries, the process that forms them can't be rare," said Earth and Environmental Science Professor Seth Jacobson, senior author on the paper.

From Science Daily

He compared his daily approach to the age-old athlete’s cliché of “just trying to get one percent better every day,” with the main goal being not ruining Dodger games for fans.

From Los Angeles Times