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Diplomats Gather In Europe In Last-Ditch Effort To Save Iran Nuclear Deal

4:23pm May 25, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Signatories to the Iran nuclear deal will meet with their Iranian counterpart in the first such gathering since the United States pulled out of the deal. The meeting will assess what can be done to keep the deal going.

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How The World Trade Organization Resolves Trade Disputes

4:23pm May 25, 2018

by Sarah Gonzalez

Twenty-three years ago, a lot of countries agreed to follow certain trade rules. If a country broke one of those rules, they agreed the World Trade Organization could make them pay. As the U.S., China and the EU negotiate trade disputes, a look at a past case explains how these issues should get resolved.

At the end of a cease-fire meeting, people plant a tanket, a kind of palm lily, together. The tree that grows is meant to symbolize harmony at the end of the process.

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In Papua New Guinea's Sorcery Wars, A Peacemaker Takes On Her Toughest Case

1:33pm May 25, 2018

by Durrie Bouscaren

In the Eastern Highlands, the accusation of sorcery is a vigilante's rallying cry. Such accusations often lead to violence and are believed to be responsible for dozens of deaths every year.

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Breaking Pakistan's Ramadan Fasting Laws Has Serious Consequences

9:12am May 25, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The holy month of Ramadan is meant to be a blessed time. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. But what if you can't fast? In Pakistan, it's illegal to eat and drink in public during fasting times.

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A police officer walks in front of Bombay Bhel restaurant early Friday, where two unidentified men set off a bomb Thursday night in Mississauga, Ontario.

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15 Injured, Some Critically, After 2 Men Set Off Bomb At Ontario Restaurant

9:02am May 25, 2018

by James Doubek

Police in Ontario say two men walked into an Indian restaurant near Toronto Thursday night and set off an improvised explosive device, then fled. Three people had "critical blast injuries."

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France's Macron Travels To St. Petersburg For Talks With Putin

8:17am May 25, 2018

by Lucian Kim

President Macron is trying his charm offensive with the Russian leader. Macron attends an economic conference in St Petersburg Friday that Putin uses to showcase Russia's development under his rule.

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China Urges U.S. And North Korea To Not Give Up On A Summit

6:28am May 25, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

President Trump canceled the June summit on Thursday. China has been pushing the two countries for years to hold direct talks, and it insists it'll continue doing that.

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Why A Europe-Wide Data Protection Law Matters To Others

6:28am May 25, 2018

David Greene talks to Helen Dixon, Ireland's Data Protection commissioner, about a Europe-wide law that takes effect Friday, which also affects Internet users in the U.S. and globally.

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Vienna Meeting Is A Last-Ditch Effort To Save Iran Nuclear Deal

5:06am May 25, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

British, Chinese, French, German and Russian officials are meeting with Iran's deputy foreign minister for the first time since the U.S. pulled out of the deal.

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Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was escorted by police during a court hearing in Malaysia in December, where she was exonerated of drug smuggling charges. On Thursday an appeals court overturned the ruling and sentenced her to die by hanging.

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Australian Woman Sentenced To Die In Malaysia For Drug Smuggling

8:34pm May 24, 2018

by Amy Held

Lawyers are appealing the sentence and say the 54-year-old from Sydney was the victim of an online scam.