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US-China trade: Trump touts progress in talks for dealUS-China trade: Trump touts progress in talks for deal
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"Big progress" is being made in US-China relations, Donald Trump has said, at the end of a year that has seen both countries apply tit-for-tat tariffs.

A trade war erupted earlier this year when Mr Trump complained China was not doing enough to address a trade imbalance between the nations.

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Indian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bidIndian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bid
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Rescuers prepare a water pump at the site of the flooded coal mine

A team of Indian navy divers has been deployed in a bid to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a flooded coal mine.

The men had entered the illegal pit, known as a "rat hole", in the north-eastern state of

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Australia v India: Tourists need two wickets to win third Test in MelbourneAustralia v India: Tourists need two wickets to win third Test in Melbourne
Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon have held out for 14 overs after coming together at 215-8
Third Test, Melbourne (day four)
India 443-7 dec - 106-8 dec: Agarwal 42, Cummins 6-27
Australia 151 - 258-8: Cummins 61*, S Marsh 44, Jadeja 3-82
Australia need 141 more runs to win; India need two wickets
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India moved to within two wickets of victory

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China 'releases' Canadian teacher Sarah McIverChina 'releases' Canadian teacher Sarah McIver
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A Canadian citizen who was detained in China amid frosty relations between the two countries has been released and returned to Canada, media reports say.

Teacher Sarah McIver, from Alberta, was held earlier this month for "unlawfully working in China".

Global Affairs Canada confirmed that a Canadian citizen had been

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Two killed and 12 injured after tourist bus hit by roadside bomb in Egypt
A roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus in an area near the Giza Pyramids, killing two people from Vietnam and wounding 12 others.
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Kurds plea for Assad help to stop threat of Turkish attack
Kurdish Syrian forces yesterday asked the Assad government for protection against a Turkish attack on a flashpoint town.
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