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China's foreign ministry said on Friday that the previous day's telephone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump was quite positive. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AIsqs9

The European Union will consider stripping Sri Lanka of its duty-free access if it backs off commitments on rights, the EU ambassador said, amid worries stoked by the president's replacing of the elected premier by a wartime nationalist. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q95wPz

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved draft legislation on Friday to open the door to more overseas blue-collar workers in sectors grappling with labor shortages, a controversial policy shift in immigration-shy Japan. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JxZshi

Indonesian divers on Friday resumed a search for a second black box amid the sunken wreckage of a nearly new aircraft that slammed into the sea off Jakarta this week, killing all 189 people on board. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CZIUxB

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted its 27th annual resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba after a failed bid by Washington to amend the text to push Cuba to improve its human rights record. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qpvK5m

The man accused of fatally shooting 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath prayers pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal hate crimes charges and other offenses as the city's Jewish community buried three more of its dead. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Qd1A0v

Turkish and U.S. troops began joint patrols in northern Syria on Thursday aimed at averting clashes between Turkey and Washington's Kurdish allies, but Turkey pressed on with a new threatened offensive nearby to crush the Kurds. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Qdnalk

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen attacked Sanaa International Airport and an adjoining airbase which were being used by Houthi insurgents to launch drone and ballistic missile attacks, the coalition spokesman told al-Ekhbaria TV on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Jxjkkw

Peru's Fujimori family has been here before. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Di48aC

Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has convinced crusading anti-graft Judge Sergio Moro to become his justice minister, the two said on Thursday, delighting supporters and enraging critics by hiring the jurist who jailed Bolsonaro's chief political rival. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AHtfS1

Greece and Macedonia have relaunched a passenger flight route between the countries after a 12-year interruption as the nations seek to mend ties after reaching an accord in June to end a decades-old row over the ex-Yugoslav Republic's name. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Dejr48

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday it would be a "handful more weeks" before the United States had enough evidence to impose sanctions in response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P4akJJ

Pakistan's ultra-Islamist party blocked roads in major cities for a third day on Friday in protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EZ1vwl