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Man rams car into two officers near U.S. Capitol

A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death t

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DUI suspect is killed after struggle with Atlanta police

A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on Friday after police responded to a complaint of a man sleeping in a car blocking a fast-food drive-thru lane, Georgia authorit

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U.S. announces 15th Covid-19 case, a Texas evacuee

This Feb. 2, 2020 photo provided by the Department of Defense shows empty lodging facilities at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. /AP Photo U.S. officials on Thursday announced the count

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WHO: Too early to call coronavirus a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization says a viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency. 01:09 The decision came after Chinese authorities

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Duterte to declare disputed area a no-fishing zone for all

​Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to issue a formal order declaring a sprawling lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal a maritime sanctuary where Filipinos and Chinese will be prohibited from fishing, officials said in a statement Monday.

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Pew poll: How the Japanese and Chinese see each other

Arrogant, violent and to varying degrees, nationalistic. That's how the Japanese and Chinese publics see each other's country, according to a new poll that reflects the geopolitical tensions between the neighboring East Asia powers.

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Amazon keeps expanding large distribution empire

Online shoppers want their packages — now. And Amazon is spending heavily to make sure that happens.

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Chinese developer Wanda opens theme park to take on Disney

China's largest private property developer, the Wanda Group, opened an entertainment complex on Saturday that it's positioning as a distinctly homegrown rival to Disney and its $5.5 billion Shanghai theme park opening next month.

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G7 finance leaders at odds over stimulus, currencies

Japan faces a challenge in bridging a widening divide over how to revitalize sluggish growth in leading economies at a meeting of top financial officials that began Thursday with the group bashing in the lids of sake barrels.

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Boeing delegation begins talks in Iran

Boeing Co. offered Iranian airlines three models of new aircraft to replace the country’s aging fleet during the first visit by the Chicago-based manufacturer in decades, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.

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Drink-drivers in Thailand to be sent to work in morgues

Government launches plan to shock repeat traffic offenders into changing their behaviour by confronting them with dead bodies

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S Korea upholds tough anti-prostitution laws

​South Korea's top court has upheld laws that toughened punishment on prostitutes, pimps and their clients.