Buying a big stick: South Korea's military spending has North Korea worried

South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernizing their militaries despite a frenzy of diplomacy since 2018, data shows, creating a point of tension that has sharpened as talks have stalled.

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Jamal Khashoggi 'murder recording transcript' is published

Turkey's Sabah newspaper publishes what it says is a transcript of the Saudi journalist's death.

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Body of Zimbabwe's Mugabe to leave Singapore for burial at home

The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe will be flown home from Singapore on Wednesday, five days after he died in hospital in the city-state, according to an event schedule.

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Israel strikes Gaza after rocket sirens force Netanyahu off stage

Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Wednesday hours after rockets from the Palestinian enclave triggered sirens that forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu off the stage at an election rally in Israel.

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White House invites biofuel company officials to meet over stalled deal: sources

White House officials have arranged to meet with representatives of biofuel companies on Wednesday to discuss the administration's plan to increase biofuel blending mandates, which has so far failed to win the industry's support, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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Why is India's car industry in breakdown mode?

A continuing slowdown in one of the economy's biggest sectors is sparking fears of job losses.

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Pope Francis in Africa: Five things we learned

Pope Francis drew huge crowds during his visit to Africa. What can we learn from his trip?

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'Everyone said I was crazy': the black ballet pioneers

The Dance Theatre of Harlem launched in 1969

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Texas executes man convicted of killing woman during 2010 burglary

A man convicted of shooting a 61-year-old grandmother to death as he and his accomplice burglarized her home during a week-long crime spree in 2010 was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday in Texas.

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Jack Ma: Alibaba to face new future as leader departs

The charismatic Chinese businessman led Alibaba to become one of the world's biggest internet firms.

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Jack Ma: Alibaba to face new future as leader departs

The charismatic Chinese businessman led Alibaba to become one of the world's biggest internet firms.

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Guatemala deploys 2,000 troops after deadly attack on soldiers

Hundreds of Guatemalan soldiers were deployed on Monday to an area near the border with Honduras and Mexico, home to long-standing social conflicts, in a bid to improve security after three soldiers were gunned down by suspected drug runners.

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Australians flee homes as police investigate suspicious fires

Hundreds of Australians have fled their homes in the eastern states as 140 fires ravaged parts of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW), officials said on Tuesday.

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Salvadoran activists hurl confetti, paint to protest new abortion trial

Activists in El Salvador threw eggs filled with confetti and sprayed red paint outside the attorney general's office on Monday to a protest a decision to seek a third trial for a woman accused of killing her stillborn son.

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Viewpoint: The CIA, 9/11 and collective blindness

The CIA failed to stop 9/11. But the reason why is a problem extending beyond the intelligence community.

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Italy’s new women ministers challenge macho politics

Women get some top posts in Italy’s new government, signalling that macho politics is out of favour.

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North Korea says it will resume talks but adds pressure with new launches

North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.

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North Korea 'willing to restart' nuclear talks with US

Hours after the comments North Korea launched two short-range projectiles off its east coast.

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Climate change: 'Invest $1.8 trillion to adapt'

Global Commission calls for trillions of dollars to help the world adapt to climate change.

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Seven U.S. states, District of Columbia sue to block SEC rule change

Seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Monday sued to block rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would allow brokers to recommend products that benefit them as long as they disclose the conflict.

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Criminal investigation opens into fire aboard California dive boat: source

Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fire on a California dive boat that killed 34 people in one of the state's worst maritime disasters, a law enforcement source said on Monday.

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Hong Kong leader says escalation of violence will not solve social issues

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday an escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in the Chinese-ruled city and that she deeply regrets foreign parliaments' interference in the financial hub's matters.

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Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago trespassing case: 'I don't know why I'm here'

A Chinese national arrested for bluffing her way onto U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida resort went on trial acting as her own attorney on Monday, telling jurors in her brief opening statement, "I don't believe I did anything wrong."

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