Solomon Islands plans due diligence tour on Taiwan ties

The Solomon Islands, one of Taiwan's remaining allies in the Pacific, will send a delegation to study Chinese aid in neighboring countries as it considers a diplomatic switch to Beijing, the delegation leader said on Monday.

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Famed Mexican rescue dog Frida retires after nine years' duty

Frida is credited with saving the lives of 12 people and has worked across four different countries.

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Denver man accused of wife's murder can use her life insurance to pay for defense

A Denver man accused of killing his wife can use more than $500,000 received from her life insurance policy to pay for the lawyers defending him against the murder charge, Colorado’s highest court ruled on Monday.

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Stanford proposes $3.4 billion housing plan in high-cost California area

Stanford University unveiled a $3.4 billion plan on Monday to build thousands of homes for students and staff to ease a local housing crunch, but some officials expressed concern the project would worsen problems such as street traffic.

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China, U.S. trade officials talk ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

Senior Chinese and U.S. trade officials spoke by telephone on Monday ahead of talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump set for later this week, as the world's two largest economies remain locked in a tariff war.

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U.S. relocates hundreds of migrant children from overcrowded border station

Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.

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New best story on Hacker News: Verizon and a BGP Optimizer Knocked Large Parts of the Internet Offline

Verizon and a BGP Optimizer Knocked Large Parts of the Internet Offline
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Mexico vows to identify thousands of remains, 'worst legacy' of violence

Mexico's government vowed on Monday to identify thousands of human remains that have accumulated in morgues and mass graves during more than a decade of gang violence and stirred anger among bereaved families.

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Japan economy minister Motegi says to meet USTR Lighthizer this week

Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday he would meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer timed with the U.S. official's visit to Japan for the Group of 20 leaders' summit later this week.

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Trump 'comfortable with any outcome' from pivotal Xi talks - official

U.S. President Donald Trump views this week's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as a chance to see where Beijing stands on the countries' trade war, and is "comfortable with any outcome" from the talks, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

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Drones disrupt flights at Singapore airport for second time in a week

Unauthorized drone flying caused the second spate of delays and flight diversions in less than a week at Singapore's Changi airport on Monday night, the city-state's aviation authority said.

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China Vice Premier Liu holds call with Lighthizer, Mnuchin

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a phone conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Trump's 'deal of the century' falls flat in West Bank

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank say Donald Trump's economic master plan does not help them.

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Dopey: ‘We needed somewhere to tell wild drug stories’

Listeners came for the wild anecdotes, but have stuck around to form an informal support network.

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Chatty cockroach gets Greeks talking on Athens streets

How two female artists reignited debate on the streets of Greece by imitating an insect.

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Five murders, six men and 16 years of stolen lives

How a miscarriage of justice destroyed six men and their families in India.

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Ethiopia mosque ban: 'Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected'

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian leaders say they would rather die than see a mosque in their ancient city of Aksum.

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What's happening in the news this week?

In which the gestation period of a white rhino is used to explain this week's news.

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Quake of magnitude 7.5 shakes East Timor, Australia; no tsunami feared

A powerful, deep 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coasts of East Timor and Indonesia on Monday, and was felt as far away as Australia, but authorities said it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

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State minister for financial affairs to lead UAE delegation to Bahrain meeting

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it's delegation to a U.S.-led Bahrain meeting on Palestine would be led by its minister of state for financial affairs.

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U.S. cyber attacks on Iranian targets not successful, Iran minister says

U.S. cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran's telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon launched a long-planned cyber attack to disable the country's rocket launch systems.

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