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Investors sell stocks, dollar on fears Trump agenda is foundering

AsianstockinvestorsjoinedaglobalretreatfromriskierassetsonFridayandthedollarwaveredonrisingdoubtsaboutU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'sabilitytodeliverhiseconomicagend

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Afghan airtstrike kills 5 Taliban militants in Kunduz province

AtleastfiveTalibanmilitantswerekilledafteraircraftpoundedtheinsurgents'hideoutintherestiveChardaradistrictofnorthernAfghanistan'sKunduzprovinceonThursday,distri

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China protests about US's third 'freedom of navigation'

China's Defense Ministry has urged the US to respect China's sovereignty and security interests after a US navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation operation" on Thursday in the South China Sea.

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China protests about US's third 'freedom of navigation'

China'sDefenseMinistryhasurgedtheUStorespectChina'ssovereigntyandsecurityinterestsafteraUSnavydestroyercarriedouta"freedomofnavigationoperation"onThursdayintheS

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Hurricane Franklin makes landfall on Mexico’s coast

HurricaneFranklinroaredashoreonMexico’scentralGulfcoastearlyThursday,threateningtopoundamountainousregionpronetoflashfloodsandmudslideswithrainsandheavywindsbef

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DPRK military says plan to strike Guam to be ready by mid-August

The DPRK is working on plans for a missile strike near the US Pacific territory of Guam, calling President Donald Trump's warning of "fire and fury" a "load of nonsense" and that only "absolute force can work on him."

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Boeing wins $409 million contract to develop next-generation technologie

BoeingCo(BA.N)hasbeenawardeda$409millionAirForcecontractfornext-generationthermal,powerandcontrols,partofagovernmentandindustryjointefforttodeveloprevolutionary

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Dow posts 7th straight record high amid earnings, data

U.S. stocks closed mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting its seventh straight record close, as investors digested a batch of corporate earnings report and economic data.

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Russia announces 'de-escalation zone' north of Syria's city of Homs

Russia'sDefenceMinistryandSyria'soppositionhaveagreedtocreateanew"de-escalation"zonenorthofthecityofHoms,theministryspokesman,IgorKonashenkov,wasshownsayingonRu

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Knife-wielding man kills 3, injures 4 in China's Wuhan

Aknife-wieldingmankilled3peopleandinjured4othersonThursdayinWuhan,thecapitalcityofChina'scentralHubeiProvince.TheincidentoccurredonThursdaymorning.Localpolicesa

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Two dead after huge earthquake hits off Turkey

AtleasttwopeoplewerekilledafterahugeearthquakestrucknearapopularholidaydestinationofftheTurkishcoastonThursday,reportedAFP.AccordingtotheUSGeologicalSurvey(USGS

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Roadside bomb kills 4 Afghan police

AtleastfourpolicemenwerekilledandtwoothersinjuredasaroadsidebombplantedbymilitantsstruckapolicevaninKhogianidistrictoftheeasternNangarharprovinceonThursday,spok

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Militant attack kills dozen security personnel in Afghan southern Kandah

OveradozensecuritypersonnelwerekilledasTalibanmilitantsattackedsecurityforcesinShahWalikotdistrictofAfghanistan'ssouthernKandaharprovinceonThursday,alocaloffici

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20 killed in bus accident in northern India

Atleast20peoplewerekilledafterabusfellintoagorgeinthenorthernIndianstateofHimachalPradesh,aseniorpoliceofficialsaidThursday.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)

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4 Policeman shot dead in southwest Pakistan

AtleastfourpolicemenwerekilledandanotheroneinjuredwhentheirvehiclecameunderattackbyunknowngunmeninPakistan'ssouthwesternQuettacityonThursday,localmediareported.

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Japanese PM to seal EU trade deal in blow to protectionism

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the EU's top officials will join forces Thursday and approve the broad outline of a landmark trade deal that would challenge the protectionism championed by US President Donald Trump.

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Japanese PM to seal EU trade deal in blow to protectionism

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeandtheEU'stopofficialswilljoinforcesThursdayandapprovethebroadoutlineofalandmarktradedealthatwouldchallengetheprotectionismchampio