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France express support for Georgia territorial integrity
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed France’s support for Georgia’s territorial integrity, as the former Soviet Republic seeks closer ties with the European Union. Macron met Tuesday in Paris with Georgia’s newly-elected…
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Indonesian forest fires highlight president’s campaign gaffe
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Deliberately set fires are burning through peatland forests in the Indonesian province of Riau, the disaster agency said Tuesday, just two days after President Joko Widodo incorrectly claimed there’d been no…
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US-China trade talks: Will the Chinese keep promises to stop bad behavior?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Talks between the U.S. and China to end the trade…
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Memorial speaks to North Korea’s ties to summit host Vietnam
BAC GIANG, Vietnam (AP) — In a rice field in northern Vietnam, 14 headstones are an enduring symbol of the wartime friendship of Vietnam and North Korea. They mark the original burial ground of North…
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Austrian leader expects US to raise IS fighters during visit
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s leader says he expects U.S. officials to bring up their desire for European countries to take back captured Islamic State group fighters when he visits Washington this week, but he is…
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Pope’s sex abuse prevention summit explained
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is hosting a four-day summit on preventing clergy sexual abuse, a high-stakes meeting designed to impress on Catholic bishops around the world that the problem is global and that…
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Sweden to send inspector in detained Swedish publisher case
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden will send an inspector to Beijing to “get a clearer picture of what happened” during meetings in Stockholm between the daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China, the country’s…
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Exposed Chinese database shows depth of surveillance state
An exposed Chinese database with names, birthdates, employers and even last places people visited shows the depth of the surveillance state and expanded use of facial recognition.
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Turkish court upholds Cumhuriyet newspaper convictions
ISTANBUL (AP) — An appeals court in Turkey has upheld the convictions of 14 journalists and senior staff members of a prominent opposition newspaper. Cumhuriyet newspaper said six staff members were ordered to jail because…
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German police arrest 2 Bosnian men with hand grenades in car
BERLIN (AP) — German police say they are investigating two Bosnian men suspected of breaking arms control laws after discovering a stash of hand grenades in their car Monday. Federal police said Tuesday that officers…
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Ex-diplomat says North Korean leader won’t give up nukes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A former North Korean diplomat says leader Kim Jong Un has no intention of giving up his nuclear weapons and sees his upcoming second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest
Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters.
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The Latest: Maduro says Trump sounds almost Nazi-like
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump addressing the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolas Maduro, is rejecting President Donald Trump’s call for a new day…
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Cheap and green: Pyongyang upgrades its mass transit system
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with brand new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show that leader Kim Jong Un is raising the…
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Australian Anglican set to be defrocked over abuse inaction
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An assistant bishop is set to become the most senior Anglican in Australia to be defrocked after a church committee on Tuesday found he took no action when he was told…
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