President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with China’s yawning trade gap.
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Voice recorder of doomed Boeing 737 flight in Indonesia recovered
The cockpit voice recorder from the Lion Air flight that crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29 has been recovered, Indonesian officials said.
Secretary of State Pompeo to press Saudi Arabia to provide a ‘credible narrative’ on Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Critics don’t expect a forceful reprimand of the Saudis from Pompeo. Some experts said the real audience for his message on Khashoggi may be Congress.
Canadian FM: glad to help Saudi woman in danger
Canadian FM Chrystia Freeland says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that a Saudi woman fleeing alleged family abuse was in a dangerous situation and that Canada was glad to be able to act quickly and offer her refuge. (Jan. 12)
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‘I did it’: Saudi teen fleeing alleged family abuse arrives in Canada as an asylum refugee
The 18-year-old barricaded herself in an airport hotel in Bangkok and took to Twitter when Thai authorities threatened to deport her.
France prepares for revived anti-government protests around Paris
Paris brought in armored vehicles and the central French city of Bourges shuttered shops to gird for possible violence between police and yellow vest protesters Saturday, as the movement seeks new arenas and new momentum for its weekly demonstrations.
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Researchers may have solved a mystery of the Easter Island statues
The results of a study may have solved a mystery surrounding the statues sitting on Easter Island and the ancinet Rapa Nui people.
Footage captures French helicopter pilot’s daring rescue
The helicopter is seen placing its nose against the mountain slope, coming so close that its rotors nearly touch the snow
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North Korea’s harsh human rights record could undermine US nuclear deal, UN official says
U.N. human rights official says any deal would remain ‘fragile’ if Pyongyang does not address issues of political prisoners, enslavement.