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A day before a potential government shutdown, the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan ...

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Crown Prince Akishino visited Shizuoka Municipal Nihondaira Zoo in Shizuoka on Thursday as the president of the Japanese ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S.