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Airbnb host who canceled reservation over race fined $5,000

AnAirbnbhostwhocancelledareservationandtoldtheguest,“Onewordsaysitall.Asian,”hasagreedtopaya$5,000fineandattendacollegecourseinAsian-Americanstudies,officialswi

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US works with Japan to enhance sanctions against DPRK

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday to expand sanctions against the DPRK for its continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the White House said in a statement.

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Putin, Trump express willingness to cooperate: Kremlin

​Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to stabilize and deepen bilateral cooperation during a phone conversation on Saturday, the Kremlin said.

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Obama offers condolences for victims in recent attacks in Turkey

​ U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed his condolences for the victims in recent attacks in Turkey in a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the White House said.

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China, Japan agree to speed up negotiations on air, maritime contact mechanism

China and Japan reached an agreement on speeding up the negotiation process on the air and maritime contact mechanism between the defense ministries of the two countries in the fifth round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs held here on Wednesday and Thursday.

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B20 summit concludes with many consensuses, results

The Business 20 (B20) summit, which was attended by business leaders and officials including those from the Group of 20 (G20) economies, came to an end Sunday with many consensuses and results, especially a policy recommendation report.

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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reopen border crossing

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday agreed to reopen one of its busiest border crossings after 14 days of closure that caused huge financial losses to traders and badly affected the cross-border movement, officials said.

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China's Tibet, Nepal to resume Lhasa-Kathmandu direct bus service

China's Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal have agreed to work toward resuming Lhasa-Kathmandu direct bus service after decade-long gap.

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U.S., EU leaders agree on close coordination to address major challenges

EU national leaders and U.S. president demonstrated on Monday willingness to continue coordinating closely with each other on major political and security issues.

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China reaches consensus with Brunei, Cambodia, Laos on South China Sea issue

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday that China has reached a four-point consensus with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos on the South China Sea issue.

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Lavrov, Kerry expect further Russia-U.S. cooperation in ensuring truce in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry stressed the need for further cooperation between Moscow and Washington to ensure a ceasefire in Syria on Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

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Cuba, U.S. hold talks on cybercrime

Cuban and U.S. delegations met in Havana this week to discuss "ways to increase bilateral cooperation" in combating cybercrime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday.

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Leaders at Western Balkans conference agree to reduce migration

Interior and foreign ministers from Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, as well as Western Balkans nations on Wednesday agreed to measures in which they would decide the conditions through which border crossings would be allowed, that are now only to apply to "people openly in need of protection. "

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Cuba and DPRK sign protocols on trade and scientific collaboration

Cuba and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed here on Thursday to sign two protocols on trade as well as scientific and technical development.

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Fifty nations agree to cooperate on concrete measures to counter terrorism

Government representatives and global counter terrorism officials from 50 countries agreed Monday to intensify the fight against terrorism by co-implementing a long list of more than 60 measures aiming at tracking foreign fighters.

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EU leaders call for urgent actions on migrants crisis

The European Union (EU) leaders called for urgent actions to cope with the migrant crisis late Thursday and agreed to adopt position on a controversial border guard package in six months.

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Syria-based opposition chooses representatives for talks with Damascus

Domestically-based Syrian opposition handed the office of the UN envoy to Syria a list of 22 names chosen to represent it in the upcoming dialogue with the Syrian government, an opposition figure told Xinhua on Tuesday.