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Though largely unknown, Trump finds fans in China

Though largely unknown, Trump finds fans in China

BEIJING (AP) – China features prominently in the rhetoric of presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who accuses the country of stealing American jobs and cheating at global trade. In China itself, though, he’s only now emerging as a public figure, despite notoriety elsewhere for his voluble utterances, high-profile businesses …

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Gibraltar fears border with Spain could close if UK quits EU

Gibraltar fears border with Spain could close if UK quits EU

MADRID (AP) – Gibraltar could find its access to the single European market blocked by a hostile Spanish government if the United Kingdom were to vote to leave the European Union in a referendum next month, the chief minister of the tiny British territory on Spain’s southwestern tip said Sunday. …

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Beijing tracks the elderly as they take buses, go shopping

Beijing tracks the elderly as they take buses, go shopping

BEIJING (AP) – These days, when people over 80 in Beijing take a bus, see a doctor or spend money, their activities are digitally tracked by the government, as part of an effort to improve services for the country’s rapidly growing elderly population. The data amassed with each swipe of …

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Bombings in Baghdad, near Iraqi capital kill at least 20

Bombings in Baghdad, near Iraqi capital kill at least 20

BAGHDAD (AP) – Militants unleashed a wave of bombings targeting commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 20 people, officials said as Iraqi troops poised to recapture the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, west of Iraq’s capital. Shortly after the bombs hit, the extremist Islamic State, …

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In Haiti, cradle of rich visual heritage is being reinvented

In Haiti, cradle of rich visual heritage is being reinvented

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Youvensky Despeignes used to spend hours a day at home drawing pencil-and-ink abstractions on cheap notebook paper, his aspirations as a painter frustrated by a lack of opportunities in Haiti where a rich artistic heritage has suffered decades of decline. But the 22-year-old is now a …

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