Mexican troops repel border-storming migrant caravan

Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to storm into Mexico on Monday by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, but National Guardsmen fired tear gas to force them back.

US Senate approves new North American trade deal

The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to approve a new North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a second back-to-back trade win just as his impeachment trial was beginning in Washington.

Relief as rain falls over Autralian bushfires

Rain fell across parts of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change.

Japan, US, S. Korea push for N. Korea denuclearisation

The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Tuesday affirmed close coordination in pushing for North Korea's denuclearisation amid a standstill in negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.

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