Pentagon says China military ‘likely training for strikes’ on U.S. targets

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories, U.S., World

China’s military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while “likely training for strikes” against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report …

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China police detain man for asking why can’t Taiwan be called a country

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories, World

Police in China have detained a man who asked on social media what law prevented anyone calling self-ruled Taiwan a country, questioning a fundamental principle …

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New U.S. training unit in Afghanistan faces old problems

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories

Captain Joe Fontana, a team leader with the U.S. army’s 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, is part of a new unit but he is working …

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Body found at New Mexico compound identified as missing boy

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories, U.S.

A child’s body found at a New Mexico compound has been identified as Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, a missing 3-year-old boy whose father is one of five …

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London mayor Khan consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories, World

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday he had asked the organization that deals with militant attacks and disasters in the British capital to assess …

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Exclusive: U.S. seed sellers push for limits on Monsanto, BASF weed killer

Aug 17, 2018 | Business, Top Stories

America’s two biggest independent seed sellers, Beck’s Hybrids and Stine Seed, told Reuters they are pushing U.S. environmental regulators to bar farmers from spraying dicamba …

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Google employees demand more oversight of China search engine plan

Aug 17, 2018 | Business, Top Stories

Google’s plan to launch a censored search engine in China requires more “transparency, oversight and accountability,” hundreds of employees at the Alphabet Inc unit said …

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Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids

Aug 17, 2018 | Politics, Top Stories

The Trump administration on Thursday said it was proposing that U.S. pharmaceutical companies cut production of the six most abused opioids by 10 percent next …

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Special Report: Reuters’ testing triggers lead cleanup at Fort Knox base

Aug 17, 2018 | Top Stories, U.S.

Fort Knox is famed for its ultra-secure bullion depository that holds $100 billion in U.S. gold reserves. But some families at the Kentucky Army base …

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