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China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi presidency

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's propaganda machine kicked into overdrive on Tuesday to defend the Communist Party's move to lift…

More than 30 believed dead in PNG quake: report

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More than 30 people are believed to have died after a powerful earthquake struck Papua New…

Saudi king sacks chief of staff in major military shake-up

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi King Salman has sacked the military chief of staff and a host of other…

Ivanka says ‘inappropriate’ to be asked about Trump’s accusers

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Is it out of bounds to ask a White House advisor about the US president's…

PNG troops respond to major 7.5 quake as aftershocks hit

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers after a powerful earthquake struck the Pacific nation's…

Russia calls daily truce in battered Syria enclave

by Hasan Mohamed Agence France Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) -- Russia called a daily "humanitarian pause" in Syria's Eastern Ghouta,…

US should lower ‘threshold for talks’ with N. Korea: Seoul

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged the United States to "lower the threshold for…

China’s Xi takes another stride in Mao’s footsteps

by Dan Martin Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Xi Jinping's tightening grip on China had already earned the…

Four dead in Leicester explosion: British police

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Four people were killed in an explosion and fire at a three-storey building in the…

PNG troops respond to major 7.5 quake as aftershocks feared

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers Monday to respond to a powerful earthquake in…

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