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WorldHow North Korea's ICBM Test Could Bring Negotiators Back to the TableA military solution to the North Korean crisis would be a drastic and terrifying resort. That means negotiations are still the only way forward — and there are signs, some experts say, that the ICBM test could be a pivot point for the Kim regime
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WorldJapan's Shinzo Abe Is in a Dogfight For His Political Life Over a Favoritism ScandalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was grilled by the nation’s legislature regarding allegations he helped a friend win approval for a private veterinary school. Despite his denial of impropriety, his approval rating has dipped to just 26%
WorldLiu Xiaobo, China's Most Prominent Political Prisoner, Dies at 61Liu Xiaobo, China’s only Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, has died. The 61-year-old was jailed in 2009 on charges of “inciting subversion against state power” after he helped pen a petition calling for multi-party democracy in the Communist Party-run state
WorldHow North Korea's ICBM Test Could Bring Negotiators Back to the TableA military solution to the North Korean crisis would be a drastic and terrifying resort. That means negotiations are still the only way forward — and there are signs, some experts say, that the ICBM test could be a pivot point for the Kim regime
WorldBeijing Hits Out at U.S. Navy Exercises in South China Sea in a Sign of Turbulent Relations AheadBeijing warned the U.S. that sending an American naval vessel into territorial waters it claims around the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea was a "serious political and military provocation," in the latest of souring relations
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