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How Americans see China now
Imagine you and your friend have a lemonade stand where you both sell lemonade but also buy lemonade from each other. One day, you decide to make it h...
What do Japanese crisps have to do with the Iran war?
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‘Revenge of the Nerds’ star Donald Gibb dead at 71
Imagine you have a favorite book with cool and funny pictures. Now, think about one of the characters in the book that makes you laugh a lot. Sadly, t...
The popular sandwiches with 'alarmingly high' salt content
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Free(d) Turkeys? Wild Boars? In ‘Too Many Beasts,’ It’s Farmers Versus Hunters (Exclusive Cannes Clip)
Imagine you have a beautiful garden where you've planted your favorite flowers and veggies. Now, picture a bunch of mischievous animals like wild boar...
Saudi Arabia’s Shattered Hollywood Dreams: Will the Warner Bros. and Paramount Merger and a Shift in Strategy Help the Kingdom Rebound?
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NBA's first openly gay player dies
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Bask in the Light of Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse's Romance
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Trade, Taiwan and Iran cast shadows on Trump’s China summit with Xi
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$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
Imagine you had a toy car and it got broken because someone didn't play fair. Now, imagine if the person who broke your toy gave you some new toys to ...
Trump taps former FEMA director to lead the disaster agency again
Imagine you have a toy box where you keep all your favorite toys safe. Now, think of a person named Cameron Hamilton as someone who was once chosen to...
Snack giant switches to black and white packaging as Iran war hits ink supplies
Imagine you have a big box of crayons, but someone took away all the colorful ones, and you're left with just black and white. That's kind of what hap...
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