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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers

China quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested seas, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.

Pressure From Trump Revives Colombia’s War Against Rebel Group

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia is taking a harder line against the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a leftist group experts call a powerful drug trafficker in Colombia and Venezuela.

Canada Breaks With U.S. to Slash Tariffs on Some Chinese Electric Vehicles

Canada will lower tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles and China will do the same for Canadian canola products, a major shift in policy that was announced on Friday during a landmark state visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada to Beijing.

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