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Governments worldwide are scrambling to shore up their defenses against African swine fever as the disease spills over China's borders.
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Facing renewed threats to their land, cultures and livelihoods, Brazil’s indigenous Amazon tribes are using social media, drones and other tech to get their message out.
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Reaching a truce in their trade war, the US and China have signed a deal that will see a rollback of some US tariffs and require China to boost purchases of key products.
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According to a German magazine, police have conducted raids across Germany and in Brussels as part of an investigation into alleged spying by China.
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Ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping next spring, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has urged Beijing to adhere to international norms of maritime security.
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A day after being removed from the US Treasury Department’s currency manipulator list, China says it never engaged in the practice.
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The Gambian government has tweeted that the World Court will rule Jan. 23 on its request that emergency measures be taken against Myanmar in the Rohingya genocide case.
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A court in Pakistan has overturned ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s death sentence, saying the special tribunal that handed it down was unconstitutional.
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The US Treasury said it no longer considers China to be a currency manipulator, days before the two countries are due to sign a trade agreement.
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Canberra has committed 50 million Australian dollars to a wildlife recovery program as koalas, rock wallabies and other species face an extinction threat from bushfires.
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Iranian president apologizes to Ukrainian leader for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner by Iran’s military.
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Tehran denies US reports that Ukrainian airliner was accidentally shot down by Iranian missile.
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Ousted former Thai PMs Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra appear at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to promote new DNA nutrition app.
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The International Astronomical Union has accepted Myanmar’s nominations of Ayeyarwady and Bagan as the new names of a sun and planet located 553 light-years from Earth.
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US President Donald Trump warns Tehran of tougher sanctions following Iranian missile strikes on US forces in Iraq, but says no military action planned.
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