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The TL;DR: Russia wants Trump administration officials to come to Kazakhstan on Monday to join talks on fighting terrorism in Syria.
Quotable: Lavrov slipped in a dig at Obama. Per the AP, "Russia expects that cooperation on settling the Syrian crisis will be more productive than it was with the Obama administration."
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BP posted a $6.7 billion second-quarter loss and cut its dividend in half Tuesday while unveiling accelerated steps to transition its portfolio toward low-carbon sources.
Why it matters: The announcement adds new targets and details to its February vow to become a "net-zero" emissions company by mid-century.
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Women are pushing back against the gender imbalance in media by launching their own news nonprofits and focusing on topics many traditional news companies have long ignored.
Why it matters: "The news business is already gendered," says Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th*, a new nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting at the intersection of women, politics and policy.
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President Trump's crackdown on TikTok suggests that the U.S. government is starting to see the internet more like China does — as a network that countries can and should control within their borders.
The big picture: Today's global internet has split into three zones, according to many observers: The EU's privacy-focused network; China's government-dominated network; and the U.S.-led network dominated by a handful of American companies. TikTok's fate suggests China's model has U.S. fans as well.