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North Korea has constructed two new buildings at a missile facility and appears to be actively continuing production there, according to an analysis of newly available commercial satellite imagery, the latest sign of continued progress in the country’s nuclear and missile program. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2KaX4fa

China’s food and drug watchdog, looking to restore public confidence in its vaccine oversight Tuesday, instead set off a fresh social-media uproar. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2vrCu4W

At least 10 people were killed in a powerful car bombing in the southern Philippines that officials linked to the Abu Sayyaf group, which tried to carve out a slice of territory in the south of the country last year. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2Kc09eZ

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted of concealing sex abuse, in the Catholic Church’s latest response to an international scandal over sexual abuse and harassment. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2v1wJvk

Zimbabwe’s ousted longtime leader Robert Mugabe endorsed the opposition in Monday’s presidential election, his first intervention in a tight vote that—for the first time since 1980—doesn’t feature his name on the ballot. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2AjRveB

After locking up his chief rival, Prime Minister Hun Sen claimed another five years as Cambodia’s leader, in an election that was widely derided as a farce exposing the lurch toward authoritarianism. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2mSukyC

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, having declared his nuclear program complete and claimed his place on the world stage next to the U.S. president at a Singapore summit, has begun to lavish attention on the livelihood of his people. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2OsBTZd

Defeats in a clutch of weekend ballots risk aggravating internal party divisions over Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership, forcing him to review his center-right bloc’s election strategy. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2vfWGq6

A shallow, magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured more than 160 on Indonesia’s Lombok Island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2AlsKig

By most measures, President Trump’s strategy for ending the war in Afghanistan has produced few positive results. But after 17 years of fighting, a new opportunity has opened for historic peace talks. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2NRmmRv

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, taking an extraordinary disciplinary measure against a senior member of the Catholic hierarchy after several allegations of sexual abuse. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2mPUvpq

Greece began to bury the victims of the devastating wildfires that raged through crowded resort areas, as the death toll continues to rise. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2mRmo0A

For years, China has sold much more to the world than it has bought. Now, that imbalance is shrinking, helping Chinese leadership argue it no longer pursues a mercantilist policy. But President Trump, who focuses on the U.S.’s ever-widening trade deficit with China, is unlikely to be impressed. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2AmH3De

A slew of sexual-misconduct allegations is surfacing in China, a sign of pent-up frustration about the treatment of women and a testament to the rise of a generation increasingly willing to speak up. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2vfWKGm

The Assad regime, mindful of the strain Syrian refugees are putting on neighboring countries, is throwing up obstacles to their return as the country and its foreign backers seek reconstruction funds and sanctions relief. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2uW306N

The top U.S. envoy for South Asia met with Taliban officials this week to discuss ways to lay the groundwork for peace talks, in a fresh bid to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan, people familiar with the matter said. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2A6gnpW

President Trump declared a “new phase” in the relationship between the U.S. and the European Union, agreeing to hold off on proposed car tariffs and work with the EU to resolve their dispute over metals duties. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2LQvwgL

Iranian leaders are pushing to contain a deepening economic crisis that is slashing the buying power of Iranians and pressuring Tehran’s ruling elite even before the bite of looming U.S. sanctions. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2AkqLuH

Preliminary voting results showed the party of former cricket star Imran Khan poised late Wednesday to come into power for the first time, upending the political landscape in the fragile democracy. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2LPqBN0

Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a slate of investment deals during a weeklong tour of Africa, feeding into concerns in the West and on the continent over ballooning levels of indebtedness to Beijing and its expanding political footprint. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2v4a1Sk