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President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump claims he's why China didn't crush Hong Kong protests

President Donald Trump claims he's the reason China hasn't taken steps to crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
Kim You-geun, deputy director of South Korea's presidential national security office, speaks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea says it has decided to continue a 2016 military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan it previously decided to terminate amid ongoing disputes over their wartime history and trade. The sign in the background reads: "The Presidential Blue House." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In reversal, Seoul to keep Japan military intelligence pact

South Korea says it has decided to continue a 2016 military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan it previously decided to terminate amid ongoing disputes over their wartime history and trade
Cindy Warmbier, left, speaks as his husband Fred listens on, about their son Otto Warmbier who died after being released by North Korea in 2017 during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. The Warmbiers say they are committed to finding and shutting down illicit North Korean business assets around the world in efforts to hold its government accountable for widespread human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Parents of late US hostage chasing North Korean assets

The parents of a former U.S. hostage who died after being released from North Korea in a coma say they are committed to finding and shutting down illicit North Korean businesses
President Donald Trump holds handwritten notes as he speaks to the media about the House Intelligence Committee testimony of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, as Trump leaves the White House in Washington, en route to Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis: Mountain of impeachment evidence beyond dispute

Analysis: A mountain of impeachment evidence is now beyond dispute _ but it's not enough to persuade Trump's supporters to vote to remove him from office
Parents of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, Dave and Gillian react as they speak to the media outside the High Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. A New Zealand jury found a man guilty of murder in the death of the 22-year-old British backpacker. (Jason Oxenham/New Zealand Herald via AP)
Man found guilty of murdering British tourist in New Zealand
A New Zealand jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of British backpacker Grace Millane
In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 photo, a woman poses for a photo in front of graffiti at the Saadoun tunnel, in Baghdad, Iraq. The tunnel that passes under Baghdad's landmark Tahrir Square has become an ad hoc museum for Iraq's revolution: Young artists draw images and murals that illustrate the country's tortured past, and the Iraq they aspire to. Arabic reads, "those are our women." (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Baghdad tunnel becomes a museum for Iraq's protest movement
An underpass running beneath Baghdad's Tahrir Square has become an ad hoc museum chronicling Iraq's massive anti-government protests
In this photo released by The Royal Household Bureau, Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn talk to Pope Francis, his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori, and Thai Queen Suthida at Dusit Palace Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (The Royal Household Bureau via AP)
Pope's cousin takes star turn in Thailand as papal whisperer
Sister Ana Rosa Sivori has taken something of a star turn during her second cousin's visit to Thailand
In this photo taken Monday Oct. 28, 2019, fishmonger Kristjan Asgeirsson is seen at work in Reykjavik, Iceland. Asgeirsson lost $68,000 in an online scam. The people of Iceland, who speak a unique dialect of Old Norse, are no longer protected from online fraud because of their linguistic isolation. Modern computer programs, sophisticated auto-translation systems and increased procession speed, has made residents much more vulnerable to computer scams. Recent scams have amounted to the largest thefts the island nation has ever seen. (AP Photo/Egill Bjarnason)
Isolated Iceland newly vulnerable to computer scams
Improvements in translation apps have led to a spike in online scams targeting the people of Iceland, who speak a complex dialect of Old Norse.
An "SOS" sign formed with clothes and helmets by protesters is seen inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Six masked protesters surrendered early Friday morning in Hong Kong, bringing to about 30 the number that have come out in the past day from the university campus surrounded by police. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections
A Hong Kong court has suspended its decision to strike down a government ban on wearing face masks at protests, allowing police to enforce the regulation for another week around keenly contested local elections
UK praised for bringing back some British orphans from Syria
The U.K.'s decision to allow some British orphans from Syria to come back home has drawn praise from an international charity
An anti-government protester kneels before a police officer in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Labor unions and student leaders called on Colombians to bang pots and pans on Friday evening in another act of protest while authorities announced three people had died in overnight clashes with police after demonstrations during a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombia president orders curfew in capital following unrest
Colombian President Iván Duque ordered a curfew in the nation's capital Friday amidst continuing unrest following a massive march a day before
Imaad Zuberi, left, leaves the federal courthouse with his attorney Thomas O'Brien, right, in Los Angeles, on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Zuberi pleaded guilty to funneling donations from foreigners to U.S. political campaigns. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
Prosecutors: Political donor sought to silence witnesses
Prosecutors say a political fundraiser who funneled foreign money into U.S. elections offered more than $6 million to silence witnesses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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