China says briefed by U.S. on latest Trump-Kim meeting

China has received a briefing from the United States on the latest meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, China's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, in a call between two senior diplomats.

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West Africa's eco: What difference would a single currency make?

Experts are divided on the impact of the new currency will have in the 15 regional countries.

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Trump says immigration raids starting 'fairly soon'

President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.

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Crossing Divides: Can Taliban and Afghan leaders share peace?

A year after Afghanistan's Eid ceasefire, do those who came together feel lasting peace is any closer?

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Is the American strip club dying out?

A once booming industry faces changing attitudes, tightening regulations and a rise in online pornography.

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Carola Rackete: How a ship captain took on Italy's Salvini

A stand-off in the Mediterranean was driven by two people at polar ends of the political spectrum.

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Coal baron Cline among 7 dead in Bahamas helicopter crash: media

Coal tycoon and self-made billionaire Christopher Cline was among seven people who died in a helicopter crash on Thursday in the Bahamas, the Register-Herald of West Virginia reported, citing friends of Cline.

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Enforcer of Philippine drug war defends police killing of toddler

A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines' war on drugs shrugged off the killing by police of a 3-year-old girl in a sting operation, saying on Thursday the world was not perfect and "shit happens".

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'Wolf of Wall Street' producer charged with 1MDB money laundering in Malaysia

Malaysia on Friday charged one of the "Wolf of Wall Street" film producers, and stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak, with money laundering, alleging he misappropriated $248 million linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

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Sudan crisis: Military and opposition agree transition deal

The ruling military council and an opposition alliance agree to a three-year transition to civilian rule.

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After brutal spring floods, U.S. farmers face big losses

DARKE COUNTY, Ohio (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The planting season ended more than a month ago, but much of 39-year-old Greg McGlinch’s 450-acre farm in Darke County, Ohio, is either under water or still saturated from record spring rains.

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Xinjiang: China, where are my children?

The BBC's John Sudworth meets Uighur parents in Turkey who say their children are missing in China.

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'I'll never be able to see their faces again'

Paul Njorogre says his family died due to Boeing's "negligence" when Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed

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Film producer stepson of Malaysian ex-PM charged with money laundering

Malaysia on Friday charged the Hollywood producer stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

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Sudan military council, opposition reach power-sharing agreement

Sudan's ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, setting off street celebrations by thousands of people.

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Defying critics, Trump salutes military in pomp-filled July 4 celebration

With U.S. fighter jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and reveled in a show of pomp and patriotism on Thursday in a celebration of Independence Day that critics accused him of turning into a political event.

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Australian government warns released student not to return to North Korea

Australia's government warned a student not to return to North Korea on Friday, a day after he was released from detention by Pyongyang under mysterious circumstances.

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Big quake rattles area of 20 million people in California; no one killed

A powerful earthquake jolted Southern California on Thursday, touching off fires, damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of a hospital in a desert town northeast of Los Angeles, but there were only minor injuries.

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With pomp and flyovers, Trump embraces military in July 4 salute

With U.S. fighter jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and urged young people to join the armed forces on Thursday in a celebration of Independence Day that critics accused him of turning into a political event.

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Islamic State claims June attack that killed four on patrol in Lebanon's Tripoli

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack that killed two police officers and two soldiers on patrol in patrol in Lebanon's Tripoli last month, the group’s Al-Nabaa newspaper said.

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