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The National Zoo’s panda program is ending after more than 50 years as China looks elsewhere
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Trump is trying to break China’s monopoly on rare earths, but can’t cut deals fast enough to catch up
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‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission
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Dow gains 500 points as Wall Street embraces robust corporate earnings
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Trump claimed India had agreed to stop buying Russian oil. New Delhi says it knows nothing about it -
A newborn baby was found buried alive. The reason may have been her gender
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Taliban minister confronted by rare challenge on trip abroad: women journalists
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India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump
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India jailed him. Now Canada claims he’s orchestrating terror acts from prison
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The NFL hopeful from Japan who learned to kick on YouTube
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‘Japanese’ interval walking is an easy way to become fit, experts say
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Yes, you have to get completely naked: What it’s really like to visit a Japanese hot spring
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Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction
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Trump officials quietly discussing Kim Jong Un meeting during upcoming Asia trip -
North Korean submunition found in drone used to attack Ukraine, report finds
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As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM
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North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 and Kim Jong Un is rolling out the red carpet for a major celebration
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Japan is arming a warship with US missiles that can hit targets up to 1,000 miles away as Pacific arms race heats up
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Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes -
With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0
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Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after trading their deadliest fire in years. Here’s what we know
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Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes in worst fighting since Taliban returned to power
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US establishes new Reaper drone unit 250 miles from China
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Explosive battery blaze in South Korea ‘paralyzes’ vital government services
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Raids, fines and secrecy: Inside the hidden, illegal world of tattooing in South Korea
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New Zealand woman convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases
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Court rejects Israel’s appeal after Indonesia refused to grant team’s visas to artistic gymnastics world championships
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Death toll rises in Philippines after twin quake triggering 2 tsunami warnings
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Trump calls for investigation into Blumenthal over allegations he lied about military service
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A beauty pageant for buffaloes in Thailand raises status of the humble animal
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