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BEIJING (AP) – As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more.

Stock markets drop from records as oil prices rattle market

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market fell from its records and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Friday from its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.5% from its own record.

Takeaways from Trump's trip to China: Taiwan, and flattery for Xi

BEIJING (AP) – For three days in China, President Donald Trump was unusually quiet, not speaking to reporters much and even mostly staying off social media. Then he got on his plane home and unloaded.

Trump promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear midterm purge

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Even as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the November elections.

Trump says China agreed to buy 200 Boeing planes and signaled interest in 750

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing will make its first major sale to China in nearly a decade with an order for 200 planes, President Donald Trump told reporters Friday as he flew back from his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

80 Nigerian children missing after latest militant attacks on schools

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – A wave of militant attacks on schools in Nigeria over the past week has left more than 80 children missing, local officials and a rights group said Sunday, the latest in school abductions in the West African country where the government is battling an array of jihadi and other armed groups.

BRICS ministers fail to issue a joint statement over Middle East

NEW DELHI (AP) – A two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS nations concluded in New Delhi on Friday without a joint statement because of “differing views among some members” on the situation in the Middle East, host India said.

Editorials from The Washington Post, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others

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Norway defends decision to cancel missile system sale to Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Norway’s foreign ministry affirmed Friday it has revoked export licenses tied to a naval missile system for Malaysia, saying sales of its most sensitive defense technologies are now restricted to allies and closest partners.