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As Iraq Tries To Deal With Remnants Of ISIS, Wives Of Fighters Sentenced To Life In Prison

4:41pm April 30, 2018

by Jane Arraf

An Iraqi court this weekend sentenced more than a dozen women — some with their children in hand — to life in prison because they were married to ISIS fighters. Many of the women are foreigners from Russia.

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Looking Back At The U.S. Intervention In Russia 100 Years Ago

4:41pm April 30, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Thousands of U.S. troops arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, 100 years ago hoping to influence the course of the civil war that raged in the country after the Bolshevik Revolution.

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So A Rice Grower And A Wheat Grower Walk Into A Coffee Shop

4:19pm April 30, 2018

by Maanvi Singh

A new study suggests that modern-day Chinese might behave differently in coffee shops — depending on whether their ancestors grew rice or wheat.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd attends the official unveiling of a statue in honor of the first female Suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square last week in London.

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Britain's Home Secretary Steps Down Amid Row Over Deportation Targets

3:47pm April 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Amber Rudd had denied that she had ever discussed deportation targets, but The Guardian on Sunday published a letter she sent to Prime Minister Theresa May proposing a 10 percent increase in removals.

The Akademik Lomonosov, which the Russian energy company Rosatom calls "the world's only floating nuclear power unit," left port on Saturday.

Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant; It's Headed To The Arctic

3:33pm April 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

It's the first nuclear power plant of its kind, Russian officials say. Called the Akademik Lomonoso, it was towed out of St. Petersburg.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo during a welcoming ceremony at the Kremlin in October 2017. Last year, Saudi Arabia and Russia were the world's second- and third-largest oil producers, respectively.

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Why Are Gas Prices Up? These Frenemies Get Some Of The Blame

3:13pm April 30, 2018

by Uri Berliner

Russia and Saudi Arabia have been longtime adversaries over geopolitics and military operations in the Middle East. Now, they've formed a surprising bond that is helping boost oil and gasoline prices.

Danish national Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman (second from right) is escorted by police on Monday as he arrives at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Danish Man Is First Person Sentenced Under Malaysia's Anti-Fake-News Law

3:08pm April 30, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman was charged with spreading fake news after he posted a video to YouTube accusing police in Kuala Lumpur of a slow response to a shooting.

A 2014 photo shows coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The Australian government is dedicating hundreds of millions of dollars to protecting and researching the reef.

Australia Investing $377 Million To Protect Great Barrier Reef

3:02pm April 30, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Storms, warmer waters and coral-eating starfish have harmed the iconic coral reef system off Australia's coast. Now the Australian government has announced a plan to boost funding for the reef.

The Shorja market in central Baghdad, bustling in early April, was targeted in attacks in 2007.

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15 Years After U.S. Invasion, Some Iraqis Are Nostalgic For Saddam Hussein Era

2:46pm April 30, 2018

by Jane Arraf

"Many people, when they compare between the situation under Saddam Hussein and now, find maybe their life under Saddam Hussein was better," says an Iraqi general.

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President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron joined in planting a symbolic oak sapling on the South Lawn of the White House last week. By the weekend, it was gone from the spot.

Macron's Gift Tree Gone From White House Lawn. Ambassador Says It's In Quarantine

1:31pm April 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The gift was symbolic, honoring U.S. troops' sacrifice during a World War I battle and the ongoing alliance with France. What to make of it, then, when the young oak went missing?