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Marine One carrying US President Donald Trump lands at the heliport during Trump's arrival at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
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Marine One carrying US President Donald Trump lands at the heliport during Trump's arrival at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (Gian
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In this Dec. 17, 2017, photo, Deng Guilian, left, the wife of Chinese labor activist Hua Haifeng, eats lunch with their son Bo Bo, 4, center, and daughter Chen Chen, 7, in their home on the outskirts of Xiangyang in central China's Hubei Province. Apple Inc. and Ivanka Trump's brand both rely on Chinese suppliers that have been criticized for workplace abuses. But they've taken contrasting approaches to dealing with supply chain problems. When Apple learned thousands of student workers at an iPhone supplier had been underpaid, it helped them get their money back. After three men investigating labor abuses at factories that made Ivanka Trump shoes were arrested last year, neither Ivanka Trump nor her brand spoke out.
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In this Dec. 17, 2017, photo, Deng Guilian, left, the wife of Chinese labor activist Hua Haifeng, eats lunch with their son Bo Bo, 4, center, and daughter Chen Chen, 7, in their home on the outskirts of
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Larry Nassar sits with attorney Matt Newburg during his sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Lansing, Mich. The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: "I just signed your death warrant." The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which scores of Nassar's victims were able to confront him face to face in the Michigan courtroom.
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. TRUMP READY TO PLAY SALESMAN
In his debut at the annual economic summit in Davos, the U.S. president will argue that his "America First" agenda can go hand-in-hand with global cooperation.
2. WHAT TRUMP'S 'LOOKING FORWARD' TO
Answering questions under oath in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference and the president's possible obstruction in the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
3. IVANKA TRUMP'S BRAND SCRUTINIZED IN CHINA
When China Labor Watch confronted the now presidential adviser with charges of labor abuses at its Chinese suppliers, her company refused to engage, an AP investigation finds.
4. 'POSSIBLY THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL CHILD SEX ABUSER IN HISTORY'
That's what a prosecutor called the once-renowned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for molesting some of the sport's top athletes.
5. HOW EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMEN ARE AIDING EL-SISSI
Loyalists of Egypt's president are handing out cash and food to poor voters as they try to gather tens of thousands of signatures to support his bid for re-election in March.
6. CENTRISTS DREAMING BIG FOR MIDTERMS
Washington's partisan brinksmanship is fueling new efforts to reduce the two parties' influence on U.S. politics and launch the campaigns of independents around the country.
7. UNITED NATIONS ISSUES DIRE WARNING FOR ROHINGYA
Attacks on the minority Muslim group appear to be continuing in Myanmar and it is not yet safe for the hundreds of thousands of refugees living in Bangladesh to begin returning home.
8. WHAT COULD DERAIL STOCK MARKET'S RISE
The duration of the bull market, inflation, central bank policy, unrealistic expectations, a trade war and a real war are potential threats.
9. 'FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD'
Elton John is retiring from the road after his upcoming three-year global tour, capping nearly 50 years on stages around the world.
10. WHO WAS ELECTED TO COOPERSTOWN
Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman are easily elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.