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U.S. President Joe Biden attends a welcoming ceremony hosted by Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam in Hanoi on Sept. 10, 2023.

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  • Asia

As Vietnam grows ties with U.S., a secret directive seeks to gird the Communist Party

A leaked document offers a window into the motivations and concerns of party leaders as they seek to deepen ties with the U.S.

March 01, 2024
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  • John Ruwitch
Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister of Canada, listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico relationship on Jan. 30, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  • World

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at 84

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who forged close ties with two Republican U.S. presidents through a free trade agreement that was once vilified but now celebrated has died. He was 84.

March 01, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, claims to show a satellite carrier is launched at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province. Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.

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  • Middle East

Iran launches three satellites into space as tensions rise

Iran says it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.

January 28, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, at Lusail Palace in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders in push to keep Gaza war from spreading

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Arab partners as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.

January 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river to reach the United States from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

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  • National

In talks with the U.S., Mexico's priority appears to be opening border crossings

Both sides in the talks face pressure to reach an agreement after past steps like limiting direct travel into Mexico or deporting some migrants failed to stop the influx.

December 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.

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  • National Security

Pentagon announces new international maritime protection force for the Red Sea

The U.S. and other nations are creating a force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced.

December 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Meta, the social media company that owns Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday that this year it has taken down five networks of fake accounts originating in China that aimed to influence politics in other countries.

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  • Technology

Meta warns that China is stepping up its online social media influence operations

China has become the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram.

November 30, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
U.S. President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.

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  • National Security

Did Biden and China's Xi hit a reset? Not quite, but they did agree on a few things

After hours of talks, the two leaders emerged with agreements to cooperate. Biden even said he and Xi agreed that they should be able to pick up the phone and talk with one another whenever they want.

November 16, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch and
  • Vincent Ni
President Biden and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov. 14, 2022.

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  • National Security

Biden and Xi are meeting for the first time in a year. Here are 5 things to watch

From Taiwan to fentanyl, President Biden and China's leader Xi Jinping have plenty to sort through when the two meet face-to-face for the first time in a year.

November 14, 2023
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  • Vincent Ni and
  • John Ruwitch
U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping are shown meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

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  • National Security

Biden and China's Xi will meet next week. Don't expect it to be a game changer

The meeting will follow months of back-and-forth diplomacy to smooth over disagreements and set stage for first interaction since they sat down together in Bali, Indonesia last year

November 10, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch and
  • Tamara Keith
The Starbucks logo is seen on a shop, March 14, 2017, in downtown Pittsburgh.

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  • Business

Starbucks increases U.S. hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

The company said Monday unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores.

November 07, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Striking St. Lawrence Seaway workers picket outside the St. Lambert Lock in St. Lambert, Quebec, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

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  • World

Canadian workers reach deal to end strike that shut down Great Lakes shipping artery

A deal was reached Sunday to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the flow of grain and other goods from the U.S. and Canada.

October 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2023 at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, on Oct. 17, 2023.

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  • Asia

A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a B-52 bomber, U.S. military says

A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military said.

October 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • World

Court extends detention of Russian-American journalist, her employer says

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said a court ordered Alsu Kurmasheva to be held until Dec. 5, rejecting her lawyer's request for preventive measures other than incarceration.

October 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

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  • Politics

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

October 19, 2023
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
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