Pompeo praises ‘US ally’ Denmark after Trump cancels visit

The US secretary of state speaks with Denmark's foreign minister amid a public row over Greenland.

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Anti-vaccine activist charged for assault of California senator

The man behind a petition drive to recall a California state senator and physician pushing for tougher vaccine requirements was charged on Wednesday with assault after livestreaming himself shoving the lawmaker in a sidewalk confrontation in Sacramento.

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UK and South Korea to sign "continuity" trade agreement

The agreement seeks to maintain existing trade arrangements between the countries post-Brexit.

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Washington Governor Inslee withdraws bid for U.S. Democratic presidential nomination

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, who made the fight against climate change the focus of his White House campaign, said on Wednesday he was withdrawing from the race for the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.

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Trump attacks Ford Motor for not backing fuel economy rollback

U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up a series of attacks on automakers on Wednesday for not backing his administration's plan to roll back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules, singling out Ford Motor Co in particular for backing a deal with California for stricter fuel economy standards.

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Captain of migrant rescue vessel refuses honor from Paris

The German captain of rescue ships that saved hundreds of migrants' lives in the Mediterranean has turned down Paris's highest civilian award, accusing the city of hypocrisy over the treatment of migrants.

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P Chidambaram: India's former finance minister arrested

The senior opposition leader has been arrested on charges of corruption and money laundering.

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Farmer's threat prompts U.S. Agriculture Department to pull staff from crop tour

The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat of violence was made during a phone call from an angry farmer.

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Washington Governor Inslee withdraws bid for Democratic presidential nomination

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee said on Wednesday he was withdrawing from the race for the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.

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Texas executes man convicted of abducting, killing college student

Texas on Wednesday put to death a man found guilty of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old college student in an execution that followed arguments from the inmate's attorneys that authorities ignored key evidence that would exonerate him.

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Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says

Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov has been unable for several months to obtain a visa to travel to the United States, his friend, the owner of a chess academy in New York who invited him to teach a summer camp there, said on Wednesday.

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Jay Inslee drops out of 2020 presidential race

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Initial evidence shows microplastics pose ‘minimal health risk’

The World Health Organization says its findings are based on the "limited information" available.

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Russia, China seek U.N. Security Council meeting on U.S. missile developments

Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters.

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Mexico says concerned over Trump plan for longer detention of migrant children

Mexico's Foreign Ministry expressed "concern" over a U.S. plan to permit extended periods of detention for migrant children and adolescents in a statement issued on Wednesday.

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Texas executes man convicted of abducting, strangling college student

Texas on Wednesday put to death a man found guilty of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old college student in an execution that followed arguments from the inmate's attorneys that authorities ignored key evidence that would exonerate him.

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Hong Kong protests: What do young people want?

Young protestors in Hong Kong have been speaking about what they want from the government.

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Somaliland's poets and singers fight to be heard

Artists in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are challenging state repression and conservative Muslim clerics.

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How Australia is shaking up the truffle market

Australia maybe a newcomer in growing black truffles but is now the world's fourth-largest producer.

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Trump calls Danish PM's rebuff of Greenland idea 'nasty' as trip cancellation stuns Danes

President Donald Trump declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's dismissal of his idea to buy Greenland "nasty" and an affront to the United States on Wednesday, a day after shocking Danes by canceling a Copenhagen visit over the rebuff.

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Argentine presidential front-runner seeks alternatives to austerity: advisers

Economic advisers to Argentina's presidential front-runner and opposition leader Alberto Fernandez said he would seek alternatives to the current administration's austerity measures in a meeting with the new Treasury Minister on Wednesday.

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