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India and Canada Move to Mend Ties Damaged by Sikh Activists’s Killing

India and Canada signaled a significant diplomatic thaw nearly two years after the killing of a prominent Canadian Sikh cleric.

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South Korea Turns Off Speakers Blasting K-Pop Into North Korea

South Korea on Wednesday switched off loudspeakers that had been broadcasting K-pop songs, news and other propaganda into North Korea.

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China Walks a Line in U.S. Trade Talks, Trying Not to Overplay Its Hand

In its high-stakes trade talks with the United States, China has been trying to strike a balance in how it.

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U.K., Canada and Others Impose Sanctions on Far-Right Israeli Ministers

Five Western countries announced on Tuesday that they would impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, a remarkable rebuke.

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U.N. Agency Suspects North Korea Is Building New Uranium-Enrichment Site

North Korea appears to be building a new uranium-enrichment plant in its main nuclear complex, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.

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U.S. and China Meet at Precarious Moment in Trade War

Top officials from the Trump administration are meeting with their Chinese counterparts in London on Monday for a second round.

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Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump

The ship-slaying missiles of the Japanese army’s Seventh Regiment are mounted aboard dark green trucks that are easy to move.

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Xi to Trump: Rein in the Hawks Trying to Derail the Tariff Truce

During his phone call with President Trump, Xi Jinping leaned on a maritime analogy to try to salvage the fragile.

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Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported.

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South Koreans Have a New President, and Mixed Emotions

After half a year of political upheaval, many South Koreans heaved a sigh of relief as a new president was.

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