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World News - South Korea seeks closer China cooperation on rare earth supply - SEOUL, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- South Korea will seek closer cooperation with China to stabilize supplies of rare earth minerals critical to its high-tech industries, the government said Thursday.

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World News -- China's Xi cautions Trump on Taiwan in phone call

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World News -- Defense ministry proposes joint, partial management of DMZ to U.S.: source

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NHL -- Top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna faces assault charges

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World News -- Mexican state oil firm Pemex invests to boost crude output -- Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned oil company, announced a $24.7 billion investment program to increase and sustain crude oil production

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World News -- Whereabouts of former President Evo Morales a mystery in Bolivia -- Bolivian President Evo Morales has not been seen in public for more than four weeks amid an outstanding arrest warrant and the return of the DEA.

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World News -- Tougher migration stance puts early pressure on Chile's new government -- Chileans want more restrictive laws for unauthorized migrants and the imposition of prison sentences, according to the latest Plaza Pública survey.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against military conscription

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Last Israeli hostage buried in Meitar

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World News -- Israeli air, artillery strikes on Gaza kill at least 17 Palestinians -- At least 17 people, including six children, were killed in military strikes across the Gaza strip after gunmen seriously injured an Israeli soldier.

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World News -- At least 15 migrants killed in collision with Greek coast guard vessel -- A high-speed pursuit between a people-smuggling boat and the Greek coast guard ended with more than a dozen being killed after the vessels collided.

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World News -- British police investigate Peter Mandelson following release of Epstein files -- Authorities in Britain confirmed Wednesday that a criminal investigation has been launched into Britain's former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over allegations he leaked government information to conv

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World News -- S. Korea projected to win 3 gold medals: data -- South Korea has been projected to grab three gold medals and finish 14th in the medal table at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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World News -- S. Korea, U.S. mulling outlining timeline for wartime command handover in annual defense talks: source -- South Korea and the United States are considering outlining a timeline for Washington's transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) to Seoul, a source said Wednesday.

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World News -- North Korea executes citizens for watching South Korean TV, Amnesty report says -- North Korea is carrying out arbitrary punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says.

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World News -- Remains of seven Jeju Massacre victims returned to families after decades -- Seven sets of remains belonging to victims of an early Cold War massacre were returned to their families on South Korea's resort island of Jeju on Tuesday, more than seven decades after they disappeared.

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U.S. News -- Presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro target drug trafficking -- President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro agreed to cooperate on thwarting drug trafficking and discussed sanctions on Tuesday.

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World News -- Chavismo reshuffles one month after Nicolás Maduro's capture -- Venezuela's ruling movement is undergoing a process of internal reorganization marked by a conditional relationship with the United States.

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World News -- Historic tourism slump deepens Cuba's crisis -- Cuban tourism has fallen to historic lows at a time when the island most needs foreign currency, intensifying pressure on an economy in distress

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World News -- Spain announces plans to ban social media for children under 16 -- Spain announced it will ban social media for children younger than 16 and introduce measures that hold platforms and people accountable.

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World News -- Argentina's wine industry faces deepest crisis in two decades -- Argentina's wine industry is undergoing a crisis, as wineries face severe financial strain, domestic consumption drops sharply and exports fall.

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FDA announces FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitor sensor recall

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Ex-Prince Andrew vacates Royal Lodge amid Epstein fallout

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Ryan Routh sentenced to life for attempted Trump assassination

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U.S. sends warship to Haitian capital ahead of government transition

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The Washington Post fires nearly a third of its news staff

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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves lower house

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