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Spat Between Thai and Cambodian Leaders Fuels Deadly Border War

A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the border in more than a decade.

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A Thai military mobile unit fired toward Cambodia’s side after the two sides exchanged heavy artillery in Surin, Thailand, on Friday.
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Boeing Emerges as a Winner in Trump’s Trade Wars

Countries striking agreements with the United States have pledged to buy more Boeing planes, but it’s not clear whether those orders were the result of President Trump’s tactics.

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Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. The company employs tens of thousands of Americans and is one of the country’s top exporters.
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Columbia Walked a Tightrope on Its Way to a $200 Million Settlement With Trump

Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. A balancing act. The university chose cooperation over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.

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As the Trump administration sought to bring elite universities to heel, Columbia University feared that most of its $1.3 billion in federal research funding could be imperiled.
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Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Democrats Face a Dilemma on Spending

Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding already approved by Congress.

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“No one wants a shutdown, and the way we avoid that shut down is by working together,” said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
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Hulk Hogan’s Villainous Turn Changed Pro Wrestling

Hulk Hogan cultivated an image as an all-American hero. But one night in 1996, he decided to stick it to his fans, brother.

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Hulk Hogan in 1998, two years after he stunned fans by shedding his carefully cultivated all-American image for a new persona as a heel, or villain.
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She Tended to Patients Across 4 States. But She Wasn’t a Nurse, Police Say.

A woman who the Pennsylvania State Police say worked under multiple aliases faces multiple criminal charges. The authorities still aren’t sure of her real name.

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The Pennsylvania State Police say this woman used aliases and fake documents to pose as a nurse at four states across the country.
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Is Decarbonization Dead?

Trump just shredded America’s most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.

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Trump, Obama and the Question of Treason

President Trump’s history of intemperate remarks has earned him a perverse kind of immunity; the more outrageous his statement, the faster it is often dismissed.

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Volkswagen Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs

The German automaker said that U.S. import duties erased about $1.5 billion from its profit in the first half of the year, and it lowered its forecasts for the full year.

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The assembly line at a Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany. The first half of the year was a “mixed picture” for the auto giant, its finance chief said.
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Iran Starts New Talks Today Over Its Nuclear Program. Here’s What to Know.

Three European powers began meeting with an Iranian minister to try to reopen negotiations over the limits of its nuclear activities.

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Tehran in May during the fourth round of U.S.-Iran talks. Iran had halted fledgling talks with the United States after Israel launched a 12-day war last month.
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Powell Tells Trump He Was Wrong About Renovation Costs During Fed Visit

President Trump is used to world leaders bowing down to him, and to cabinet members fawning over him. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, took a different approach.

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President Trump toured the Federal Reserve’s renovation site on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair.
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The Latest Casualty of Social Media Hype Is Your Matcha Supply

The powdered Japanese green tea is increasingly hard to find. Experts say its popularity on the internet is straining Japan’s tea industry.

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Matcha from Japan has exploded into a global craze, driven in part by buzz on social media, experts say.
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