China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu, not seen in weeks, skipped Vietnam meeting

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Trump says he always had autoworkers’ backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwiseSenate confirms new army chief as one senator’s objection holds up other military nominations

2 French journalists expelled from Morocco as tensions revive between Rabat and Paris

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Film academy gifts a replacement of Hattie McDaniel’s historic Oscar to Howard UniversityPolice are investigating if unprescribed drugs factored into death of ex-NFL player Mike Williams

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