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2019-10-30 New Shipping Rules Aim to Reduce Air Pollution, But Could Harm Seas

New shipping rules aimed at reducing air pollution will take effect in January 2020. The rules, put in place by…

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2019-10-29 Protests Continue in Chile After Replacement of Cabinet

For two weeks, hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in Chile's capital, Santiago. Fresh demonstrations and attacks on…

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2019-10-27 Online Food Ordering Gives Rise to ‘Virtual’ Restaurants

When it comes to eating, more Americans are ordering in instead of eating out. In some restaurants, cooks make food…

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2019-10-27 North Korea Weak Link in Fight Against Swine Flu

South Korea is creating traps and using unmanned aircraft and expert gunmen in an effort to stop wild pigs from…

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2019-10-27 Arakan Army Trains Fighters to Oppose Myanmar’s Military

In Myanmar, several hundred young people kick up dirt as they run early one morning along a dusty path. They…

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2019-10-25 Indonesia Blames Boeing Design, Other Problems for Deadly Lion Air Crash

Indonesian investigators say a combination of design problems and other issues were to blame for a Boeing 737 Max 8…

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2019-10-26 Share of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Growing

Pew researchers said last week that 65 percent of American adults describe themselves as Christian. That is down from 77…

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2019-10-25 New Rulers Bring Royal Family Closer to Ordinary Japanese

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are bringing changes to one of the world's oldest royal families. The two have spoken with foreign visitors…

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2019-10-23 Syrian Unrest Breathes Life into Islamic State Militant Group

Officials are warning that Turkey's offensive into northeastern Syria might be giving the militant group Islamic State new life. However,…

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2019-10-22 As Large Numbers Leave Venezuela, Fears of Growing Xenophobia

Freddy Brito had just finished singing on a bus in Peru's capital. He was crossing a street on his one…

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2019-10-23 Afghan Museum Repairs Buddhist Art, One Broken Piece at a Time

Experts trying to restore Afghanistan's Buddhist treasures say it is like working on a 1,500-year-old puzzle. In 2001, the Taliban…

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2019-10-22 Canada’s Justin Trudeau Wins Second Term, Loses Majority

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a second term in national elections Monday. His Liberal Party of Canada, however, lost…

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2019-10-21 With Sochi Summit Meetings, Russia Seeks Influence in Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to welcome national leaders from across Africa to the Black Sea port of Sochi…

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2019-10-18 South Africa Debates Bill for National Heath Care

This month, members of South Africa's parliament will debate something on many people's minds: health care. They will decide the…

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2019-10-21 Sudan’s First Female Chief Justice Wins Wide Acceptance

Sudanese citizens have largely welcomed the first female chief justice of the country's highest court. Nemat Abdallah's appointment is historic…

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