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World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal
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Trump to meet Putin in high-stakes Alaska summit
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Japan emperor expresses 'deep remorse' 80 years after WWII
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Malawi's restless youth challenged to vote in September polls
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World's first humanoid robot games begin in China
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El Salvador plans 600 mass trials for suspected gang members
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Trump's tariffs drown Brazil's fish industry
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Japan posts modest growth despite US tariffs
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China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.

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Global economic chiefs laud China's 'decisive' zero-Covid reversal
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Tributes pour in for whistleblower doctor after China's zero-Covid U-turn
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