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President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill limiting two Ukrainian anticorruption agencies. After street protests and other criticism, he said he would propose a new law restoring their independence.

The powdered Japanese green tea is increasingly hard to find. Experts say its popularity on the internet is straining Japan’s tea industry.

The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores increasingly close ties between the two countries, complicating China’s relationship with Europe.

Plus, meet the other great Kurosawa.

Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.

Soldiers traded fire over a disputed border after weeks of diplomatic tension between the Southeast Asian nations.

The suit seeks damages after the podcaster claimed Brigitte Macron is a man. The French president and his wife said the statement caused “pain to us and our families.”

The warring sides remain far apart after the third round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations on Wednesday. But there was progress on humanitarian issues.

The warning from Iran’s deputy foreign minister came days before he is set to travel to Istanbul for nuclear talks with European counterparts.

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

A three-day meeting in response to President Trump’s looming tariff threat underscored differences between the leaders of Canada’s provinces and territories.

Plus, meet the other great Kurosawa.

The mistakes were found after DNA testing by a coroner in London. The Indian government said bodies of the Flight 171 victims “were handled with utmost professionalism.”

While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

A Norwegian man has been accused of leaking sensitive information about U.S. embassy staff members and threatening Norway’s national interests, according to prosecutors.

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

Alcohol and drugs were often involved in funny, bizarre and terrible incidents in the heavy metal legend’s long career.

After passing a Dark Sky ordinance to curb light pollution and save energy, Pittsburgh is installing adjustable streetlights.

When two bodies were found in a popular Roman park, Italians wanted answers. A TV program specializing in missing people helped identify them, and a suspect.

The president imposed tariffs on Japan, one of America’s closest allies, that would have been alarming just months ago. And markets went up.