South Korea says it will respond firmly Japan's decision to drop it from easy trade list

South Korea said on Friday it will respond firmly to Japan's decision to remove it from Tokyo's list of easy trade countries.

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Japan strikes South Korea off trusted export list as rift deepens

South Korea is fiercely opposed to the move, which Japan says is due to national security concerns.

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Japan strikes South Korea off trusted export list as rift deepens

South Korea is fiercely opposed to the move, which Japan says is due to national security concerns.

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North Korea launches were new ballistic missiles: South Korea

The latest projectiles launched by North Korea on Friday appeared to be new short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's government said on Friday.

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Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter dies at family compound in Mass.: New York Times

A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died on Thursday following an apparent overdose at the family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the New York Times reported.

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Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22-year-old grandaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, found dead at family compound in Hyannisport, Mass.

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Democratic candidates Biden and Harris chafe at debate limits

U.S. Democratic presidential rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris expressed frustration on Thursday with a debate format they said left them little time to explain their views and led to the combative exchanges featured in the first two debate rounds.

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Pro-EU Liberal Democrats win parliamentary seat from UK PM Johnson's Conservatives

Britain's pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the parliamentary seat of Brecon and Radnorshire from the governing Conservatives on Friday, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office.

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U.S. set to push security strategy as Chinese maneuvers rattle region

(Corrects position of academic, removing reference to Queensland University of Technology, paragraph 6 of this July 31 story.)

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Pelosi defends Baltimore, her childhood home, against Trump's attacks

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended Baltimore, the city where she grew up, against repeated verbal attacks by President Donald Trump, and she charged that the president's own son-in-law was a "slumlord" there.

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Vivian Paley, Educator Who Promoted Storytelling, Dies at 90

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Alaska boaters likely killed by falling glacier ice, officials say

The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surrounded by frozen debris, a sign that the victims were killed by ice that fell from the melting glacier that feeds the lake, officials in the city of Valdez said on Thursday.

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Brazil feels pressure over Amazon deforestation data

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that if a senior government scientist had betrayed his confidence regarding deforestation data, he would be fired, underlining how growing international pressure to protect the Amazon is weighing on his government.

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Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down

Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to "Sinicize" its Muslim population.

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Malaysian senator drops proposed anti-seduction law after backlash

A Malaysian senator on Thursday apologized after proposing a sexual harassment law to protect men from being "seduced" by women into committing sexual crimes.

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Biden and Harris do battle, face attacks in combative U.S. Democratic debate

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and rival Kamala Harris battled over healthcare and came under attack from other candidates on their criminal justice records in a contentious and sometimes angry debate on Wednesday.

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North Korean soldier defects across the DMZ, South Korea says

The South Korean military detained a North Korean soldier who crossed the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two countries, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) said on Thursday.

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