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Greenland PM Visits Denmark As Trump Threats Loom
Greenland's freshly elected prime minister begins his first official visit to Denmark on Sunday as US President Donald Trump eyes the Danish autonomous territory.Jens-Frederik Nielsen leads Greenland's new coalition...
Philippines, US Test Air Defences As China Seizes Reef
Missiles fired off the coast of the northern Philippines Sunday as US and Filipino forces conducted their first integrated defence drills, hours after China said it had seized control...
India And Pakistan Troops Exchange Fire In Kashmir
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their...
Eighteen Killed, Fires Still Burning In Huge Iran Port Blast
Fires were blazing Sunday a day after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port, killing at least 18 people and wounding 800 others, according to state media.The...
No Handshake At Muted India-Pakistan Border Ceremony
With swaggering soldiers giving high kicks set to booming patriotic music cheered on by crowds, it was the usual daily border ceremony between nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan.But there...
Maligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala
The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.The dinner, while still as...
Austria Trials DNA Testing To Uncover Honey Fraud
At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition -- and in some cases to...
Trump Trade War Pushes Firms To Consider Stockpiling
Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position of the Trump administration, companies are finding that it isn't so straightforward...
Chinese Tea Hub Branches Into Coffee As Tastes Change
At a mountainside cafe in southwestern China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region's traditional drink.For centuries,...
Continuity Or Rupture: What Direction For The Next Pope?
For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new...
