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Trump touts ‘done’ deal with Beijing on rare earth minerals, Chinese students

By Agence France-Presse U.S. President Donald Trump touted "excellent" ties with China on Wednesday, June 11, saying the superpowers reached a deal after two days of talks aimed at preserving a truce...

Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines

By Agence France-Presse A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising...

Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

By Agence France-Presse Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a...

Seven dead as Colombia hit with wave of bombings and gun attacks

By Agence France-Presse Colombia was rocked by a string of 24 coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people across the country's southwest on Tuesday, June 10, deepening a...

Former student kills 10 people in Austrian high school shooting

By Agence France-Presse In an unprecedented case of deadly gun violence that stunned the Alpine country on Tuesday, June 10, a former student killed 10 people when he opened fire at a...

U.S., China agree on trade ‘framework’ after high-level talks

By Agence France-Presse Top officials from the United States and China said on Tuesday, June 10, that they had agreed on a "framework" to move forward on trade, following two days of...

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