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New Zealand's 'kingmaker' to start talks with both major parties

TheNewZealandFirstParty,whichemergedasakingmakerafterNewZealand’selectioninSeptember,willbeginpreliminarytalkswithboththerulingNationalPartyandseparatelywiththe

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Things you need to know about the Chinese national anthem and flag

SundaymarksChina’sNationalDay,whichisalsothe68thanniversaryofthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.Intheearlymorning,some100,000peopleacrossthecountrygathered

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Tibet's Potala Palace decorated to greet National Day

FlowerdecorationsaresettogreettheNationalDayinfrontofthePotalaPalaceinLhasa,capitalofsouthwestChina'sTibetAutonomousRegion,Sept.30,2017.China'sNationalDayfallso

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UK bans 2 Neo Nazi groups following swoop on suspects

Twoneo-NaziorganisationswerebannedonThursdayastheywereconsideredbythegovernmenttobeterroristorganisations.AnorderwaslaidintheBritishParliamenttoproscribeScottis

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US strikes Libya for first time under Trump

TheUSmilitaryconductedairstrikesagainstISISfightersinLibyaonFriday,thefirsttimeithasstrucktargetsintheNorthAfricancountrysinceDonaldTrumpbecamePresident."Incoor

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US strikes Libya for first time under Trump, 17 killed

TheUSmilitaryconductedairstrikesagainstISISfightersinLibyaonFriday,thefirsttimeithasstrucktargetsintheNorthAfricancountrysinceDonaldTrumpbecamePresident."Incoor

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New Zealand's ruling National Party ahead in election

NewZealand'srulingNationalPartyissettobegintalkstoformanewgovernment,CNNaffiliateRadioNZreported,afterpreliminaryresultsshowitleadingthemainoppositionLabourPart

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Sri Lanka establishes office to investigate war time disappearances

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Sept.13(APD)–SriLankaonWednesdayestablishedanofficetoinvestigatewartimedisappearances.PresidentMaithripalaSirisenaPresidentMaithripal

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Update | 10 more die in India's Assam floods, toll rises to 134

Atleast10peoplehavebeenkilledinthefloodsinAssamoverthepast12hours,pushingthenumberofdeathsto134sinceAprilwhenoverflowingriversbegantoinundatelargeswathesoflandi

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All-powerful Venezuelan assembly to open amid protests

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is heading toward a showdown with his political foes, promising to seat a new constituent assembly Friday that will rewrite the country’s constitution and hold powers that override all other government branches.

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Anti-Trump protests staged at U.S. Women's Open

AfterthreetranquilroundsatTrumpNationalGolfClub,thingsheatedupoutsidetheropesduringSunday'sfinalroundoftheU.S.Women'sOpenasactivistgroupsstagedprotestsagainstU.

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Can China’s two-child policy save its aging population?

At1.37billionitmighthavetheworld'slargestnumberofpeople,butthereareconcernsthatChinaisn’thavingenoughbabiestoredressthebalanceofarapidly-agingpopulation.In1989,

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Can Macron march to parliamentary success as overseas voters go to polls

EmmanuelMacron’svictoryintheFrenchpresidentialelectionwasremarkable:a39-year-oldcentristwithnohistoricpartymachine,noelectoralexperience,seeingofftheestablished

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Venezuelan crisis needs political, not military solution: defense chef

Venezuela'stroublescallforapolitical,"notmilitary,"solution,DefenseMinisterVladimirPadrinoLopezsaidonSunday.Inaninterviewwithprivately-ownedTVchannelTeleven,Pad

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Top political advisors approve drafts, regulation

The chairman and vice chairpersons of National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) met Thursday approving drafts and a regulation.

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U.S. President-elect Trump picks economist Peter Navarro to head new national trade council

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked Peter Navarro, an economist and a professor at University of California, Irvine, to head the newly-created National Trade Council at the White House, the latest move to reshape America's trade policy.

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Laos reaffirms commitment to eliminate malnutrition

​Lao government has reaffirmed its commitment to immediately and urgently scale up priority on nutrition interventions to eliminate malnutrition in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Somdy Douangdy on Thursday.