Mexican President Pena Nieto has cancelled an upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump over demands that his country pays for America’s wall. Citing the matter as “non-negotiable”, Nieto is now sandwiched between his irate northern neighbour and low approval ratings at home. The White House suggested an alternative 20 percent tax on all Mexican imports but later went back on this, saying it was just one option.

Canadian company TransCanada has officially filed application papers to build the Keystone XL pipeline. In its statement on Thursday, TransCanada defended the project, insisting the 1,900km pipeline would create tens of thousands of “well-paying jobs”, while also generating $3.9-billion for the United States economy.

Despite losing 2-1 to Hull City on Thursday, Manchester United have won on aggregate 3-2 in order to proceed to the League Cup final. Manager Jose Mourinho dismissed a late Hull penalty, insisting the game ended 1-1 but seemed nonetheless upbeat about his team’s performance.

Scientists from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies have been able to create embryos using a combination of human and pig stem cells. In what is guaranteed to call the four horsemen upon us all, the combination successfully paves the way towards artifically growing usable organs for transplant. The procedure was difficult, however, and the ability to grow a heart from stem cells, for example, is still a long way off.

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