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  1. Sri Lanka warned of new threats at places of worship after deadly Easter Sunday blasts

    Sri Lanka Blasts

    The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka tweets that people should avoid places of worship over the weekend because of possible extremist attacks, as the island country remains jittery over the Easter Sunday attacks that have left at least 359 people dead and hundreds injured.

  2. Beijing trumpets massive $500B Belt and Road foreign infrastructure project

    CHINA-SILKROAD/

    China's finance minister tried Thursday to dispel complaints its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative leaves developing countries with too much debt, promising "sustainable financing" as leaders gathered to celebrate the project.

  3. Putin meets with Kim, says North Korea will need security guarantees to give up nukes

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin said after his summit with Kim Jong-un Thursday that the North Korean leader is ready to proceed toward denuclearization — but needs solid security guarantees to do so.

  4. U.S.-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqa, Amnesty and monitoring group say

    Syria Caliphate’s End Q&A

    The U.S.-backed assault to drive ISIS from its Syrian capital Raqqa in 2017 killed more than 1,600 civilians, 10 times the toll the coalition itself has acknowledged, Amnesty International and the monitoring group Airwars said Thursday.

  5. Joe Biden makes it official. Meet the Democrats running in 2020.

    Biden

    Here's a look at some of the Democrats who could bid for the U.S. presidential nomination and take on Donald Trump in 2020.