Greta Thunberg joins LA protest of oil drilling

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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish girl who accused international leaders of standing idly by as global warming threatens to destroy the planet in a speech shared around the world is joining young activists in Los Angeles for a protest aimed at getting California out of the oil-drilling business. Thunberg is the scheduled keynote speaker at…

Asian shares mixed on new US-China trade jitters

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Asian shares were mixed on Friday after investors were spooked by a report that cast doubt on the prospects of a long-term U.S-China trade deal. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.4% to 27,020.20 and the Shanghai Composite jumped 0.7% to 2,950.47. In South Korea the Kospi climbed 0.5% to 2,093.34. In Australia, the S&P ASX/200…

Pakistani Islamists camp out in Islamabad, urge PM to quit

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Failed mission raises doubts about Mexican security strategy

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A sloppy operation that failed to nab Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son followed by days of changing explanations has revealed not so much that Mexico’s government has a failing security strategy, but no real strategy at all, experts say. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his security Cabinet have defined their strategy thus far by…

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

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This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week. Thousands of young Chileans marched to demand improved social services as government and opposition leaders debated the response to nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed…

ASEAN meet spotlights advances in trade, sea pact, and rifts

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Southeast Asian leaders are making last-minute efforts with wealthier neighbors led by China to conclude negotiations on one of the world’s largest free-trade accords and will praise progress in talks on a nonaggression pact in disputed waters when they meet for a summit in Thailand. But intractable differences, often hidden behind handshakes and ceremonial photo-ops,…

ASEAN meet spotlights advances in trade, sea pact, and rifts

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Southeast Asian leaders are making last-minute efforts with wealthier neighbors led by China to conclude negotiations on one of the world’s largest free-trade accords and will praise progress in talks on a nonaggression pact in disputed waters when they meet for a summit in Thailand. But intractable differences, often hidden behind handshakes and ceremonial photo-ops,…