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U.S. sorghum armada with Cargill grain changes course at sea after China tariffs
Minnetonka-based Cargill among U.S. grain shippers caught up in trade fight.
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Koreas set up 1st hotline between leaders ahead of summit
North and South Korea installed the first-ever telephone hotline between their leaders Friday as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang.
Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man's alleged misdeeds
Thousands of protesters called Thursday for the resignation of the secretive board that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature after a sex-abuse scandal linked to the prestigious Swedish academy forced the ouster of its first-ever woman head and tarnished the reputation of the coveted prize.
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Mpls. man acquitted of murder, guilty of battery in killing of UW-Stout exchange student
The defense claimed self-defense during the trial in western Wisconsin.
Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
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Trump hails Syria strikes: Every one hit target
President Donald Trump praised his new national security adviser John Bolton for last Friday's airstrikes in Syria.
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Trump addresses nation on strike against Syria
President Donald Trump says the United States has "launched precision strikes" on targets associated with Syrian chemical weapons program.
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Night scope video shows missiles over Damascus
The Syrian Central Military Media released a video showing missiles over the city of Damascus during the airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain.
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Cuba's Castro joins Trump in skipping Americas Summit
Cuban President Raul Castro joined a steadily growing list of leaders who have followed U.S. President Donald Trump in choosing to send a surrogate to what is shaping up into a decidedly low-key Summit of the Americas.
Outrage in Sweden as 2 women are pressured to leave Nobel group
Outrage and photos of blouses sprouted Friday across Swedish social media in support of the ousted female leader of the prestigious academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Pence's office confuses Peru's president ahead of summit
Some bad habits die hard when it comes to U.S. politicians traveling to Latin America.
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Meghan Markle: 'American Princess'
Meghan Markle's marriage to Harry isn't just a trans-Atlantic love story linking the House of Windsor to Hollywood. The couple's May 19 wedding is likely to have dividends for the designers, florists, bakers and tiara makers who are directly part of it, as well as for businesses much farther down the line of affection.
Crash kills 257 in Algeria's deadliest aviation disaster
A hulking military transport plane crashed just after takeoff in Algeria Wednesday, killing 257 people in the worst aviation disaster in the North African nation's history and plunging the country into mourning.
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Trump says Syria attack will be met 'forcefully'
President Donald Trump says he'll "forcefully" respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria.
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Syria gas attack victims treated at hospital
A suspected poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Douma, near the Syrian capital, has killed more than 40 people, according to Syrian activists, rescuers and medics.
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From Bde Maka Ska to the seven seas: Chaska native set to race around the world
This summer, Chaska native Nabil Amra will undertake his biggest challenge yet when he and 29 other skippers embark on a nonstop, 30,000-mile race around the globe, each sailing alone and without the help of modern technology.
US takes aim at Putin's allies in Russia with new sanctions
The United States punished dozens of Russian oligarchs and government officials on Friday with sanctions that took direct aim at President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, as President Donald Trump's administration tried to show he's not afraid to take tough action against Moscow.
S Africa to give state burial to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. She was 81.
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