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Trump Pulls US Out of 2015 Accord

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to...

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US Cities and States Defy Trump, Embrace Climate Pact

When President Donald Trump announced America's abandonment of the Paris climate deal Thursday, saying he was elected...

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Fiji’s COP 23 Leader Vows Climate Fight ‘far From Over’

The head of upcoming UN climate talks vowed Friday that the fight against global warming would continue despite...

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US Assures Turkey Over Arming Kurds In IS Fight

The US military offered assurances to Turkey on Thursday over supplying arms to Kurdish fighters against the Islamic...

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US Proposes New N. Korea Sanctions At UN

The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would impose new sanctions on North...

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Republicans Hail Trump For Exiting Paris Climate Deal

Donald Trump's Republican allies applauded the president Thursday for announcing an end to US participation in the...

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US, EU Urge End To Renewed Fighting In Sudan’s Darfur

The United States and key world powers on Thursday urged Khartoum and a rebel group to end a renewed bout of fighting...

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Gravitational Waves Detected Again, At Furthest Distance Yet

Two massive black holes colliding into each other created ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves,...

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Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now

President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...

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Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion

The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...

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EU Leader Urges Trump To Stay In Paris Climate Deal

European Council President Donald Tusk made a personal appeal Thursday to US President Donald Trump not to pull...

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Move To Re-Write Venezuelan Constitution Amid Planned Protests

Venezuela's opposition called for weekend protests as Thursday's deadline neared for candidates for an assembly to...

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China, Europe Take Lead On Climate As World Waits On Trump

China and Europe took the lead Thursday on forging on with the Paris climate accord, as fears grew US President Donald...

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US Returns Criminal Suspect To China

The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the first...

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Japan, US Conduct Joint Naval Drill Off Korean Peninsula

A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula...

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China Vows To Adhere To Paris Climate Deal

China will "steadfastly" implement the Paris climate pact, Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday, urging others to do...

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Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen

An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red Sea,...

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Who Carried It Out?

No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday's powerful blast that ripped through Kabul's...

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Secretive Global Group Gathers In US To Mull Trump Era

A secretive group of global power brokers including elder statesman Henry Kissinger and NATO secretary Jens...