Cambodia eyes more China help as Xi visits amid US tariff standoff
Cambodia is betting on more financial support from China, including for infrastructure, as President Xi Jinping visits the country on Thursday at the end of a three-nation trip in Southeast Asia, a Cambodian government spokesman said.

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Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically sensitive environments.

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Putin compares Musk to Soviet space hero
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.

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Harvard professor Steve Levitsky has spent decades studying democracies and how they fail. He's now raising alarm bells over what he sees as a slide toward autocracy under President Trump.

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Webb spots strongest 'hints' yet of life on distant planet
PARIS - Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.

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Even if Kilmar Abrego Garcia is returned to the U.S., he will be held for deportation again because he is member of a foreign criminal gang, Trump's lawyers told a judge.

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