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Garlic tensions illustrate China's relationship with Africa

Farmers say Beijing's growing presence in Kenya is having a negative impact on their lives, culture, and ability to make ends meet.

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45 bodies found in clandestine grave sites in Mexico

A volunteer search group helped discover the burial sites, which are often used by drug cartels to hide the bodies of executed rivals or kidnap victims.

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Nearly every country approves pact to cut plastic pollution, except U.S.

"It's sending a very strong political signal to the rest of the world — to the private sector, to the consumer market — that we need to do something," a U.N. official said.

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U.S. sending missile system and another warship to Middle East amid Iran tensions

The Pentagon said Friday that the USS Arlington, an amphibious transport ship, and a Patriot air defense system will be deployed to the region.

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The beach from 'The Beach' will stay shut for 2 more years

Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh Island became world famous after a Hollywood crew set foot on its sands in 1999.

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The dangers in Trump's warlike approach to Iran

Analysis: An increasingly isolated and beleaguered American president is creating a dangerous confrontation with a hostile regime in Tehran.

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Three hurt after plane collides with fuel truck at Toronto airport

Flight 8615 had been bound for Sudbury, Ontario, from Toronto but had to turn back due to weather conditions on the other end.

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Israel runs PR campaign to counter calls for Eurovision boycott

The international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement dismissed the tactic as "crude propaganda."

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U.S. hostage rescued in operation that leaves 2 French soldiers dead

It was sparked by the kidnapping of two French citizens last week in neighboring Benin.

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Russian fingerprints are 'all over' North Korea's new missile

Iskander missiles have long been a source of tension in Europe, and only take a few minutes to reach their targets.

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U.S. tariff increase on $200 billion of Chinese imports takes effect

China's Commerce Ministry said it would take "necessary countermeasures" but gave no details.

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Four arrested under terrorism laws after killing of journalist Lyra McKee

The New IRA, a dissident paramilitary group which opposes Northern Ireland's peace process, says its members killed her by accident when firing at police.

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Pope issues groundbreaking law requiring priests, nuns to report sex abuse

The law mandates that the world's 415,000 Catholic priests and 660,000 religious sisters inform church authorities when they have "well-founded motives to believe" abuse has occurred.

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E.U. stresses that it wants to continue doing business with Iran

The Europeans say the 2015 nuclear deal is a pillar of regional and global security, but Washington says Tehran is destabilizing the Middle East.

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2 Russian spies sentenced over Montenegro coup and assassination plot

They were convicted of "attempted terrorism" and "creating a criminal organization" after being tried in absentia.

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North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile,' South Korean military official says

It's the second apparent launch by North Korea in a week.

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Venezuelan security forces arrest No. 2 leader of opposition-controlled congress

National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano was leaving his Democratic Action party's headquarters when a commando unit surrounded his car.

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Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor: Breaking down Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's baby name

Buckingham Palace has not said why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex picked the moniker, but social media users can't stop talking about it.

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Amanda Knox to return to Italy for first time since acquittal

Knox was invited to attend a June conference organized in Modena by the Criminal Chamber of the northern city and the Italy Innocence Project.

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Auschwitz museum protests camp photos on miniskirts and pillows

The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum protested to an online vendor that was selling miniskirts and other items bearing photos of the camp, where some 1.1 million people were killed.