In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said.

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Prosecutors raid Korean Air over suspected embezzlement by founding family

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co Ltd on Thursday over suspected embezzlement, tax evasion and breach of trust by members of its founding family, a prosecution official told Reuters.

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Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

ROME (Reuters) - Two polls show that between 60-72 percent of Italians want the country to remain part of the euro while 23-24 percent would choose to drop the common currency.

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Spectacular blaze engulfs office building in Australia's Sydney

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Flames raced up scaffolding at a Sydney building site on Thursday, in a morning rush-hour fire that prompted the evacuation of nearby offices and caused downtown traffic gridlock.

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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?

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How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple

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Blurred Lines Between Journalists and What We Cover

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Tu resumen de noticias del jueves

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This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.

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Word + Quiz: solicitude

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Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company Helped Shape Saudi Arabia’s Reform Movement

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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’

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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote

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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.

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Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.

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Stanley Cup Finals: Braden Holtby Bounces Back to Lift the Capitals

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Sanchez Goes the Other Way, and Severino Stays the Course, in a Yankees Win

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The Mets Get Some Help From Jason Vargas and a Few Fresh Arms

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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.

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Italy, Arkady Babchenko, Whales: Your Thursday Briefing

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‘The Americans,’ at Last, Lets Us Exhale

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The End of ‘The Americans’: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the ‘Devastating’ Finale

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‘The Americans’ Finale: The Damage Done

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U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.

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The man sent by North Korean leader to U.S. for high-level talks

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Yong Chol landed in New York on Wednesday as the most senior North Korean envoy to hold talks with American officials on U.S. soil in 18 years.

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Kremlin critic turns up alive at televised briefing about his 'murder'

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they then said they had faked.

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Assad says U.S. will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that U.S. forces should learn the lesson of Iraq and leave the country.

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