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Tension was brewing between us, but I was terrified to address it and desecrate our sacred platonic bond as roommates.

Tensions had been brewing since December, when supporters of Assad killed 14 interior ministry troops in an ambush, two weeks after the former president was overthrown.

But behind the scenes, tensions were brewing almost from the beginning.

Concerns about Chinese influence and infiltration operations are also brewing among governments across the world, several of which have in recent years stepped up arrests of Chinese nationals on espionage charges.

Minutes later, Trump told reporters in the White House corridor that he planned to impose a 200 percent tariff on alcoholic beverages from the EU, a devastating prospect for Ireland’s brewing and distilling industries.