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China Demand For ‘Other Unforeseeable Event’ Out In Trade Deal Was Possible Red Flag Xi Jinping

China Demand For ‘Other Unforeseeable Event’ Out In Trade Deal Was Possible Red Flag

WASHINGTON — As negotiators wrapped up the framework of President Donald Trump’s vaunted trade deal in December, China may have provided a missed clue about the coronavirus outbreak already unfolding there: insistence on a provision allowing for an out in case of “a natural disaster or other unforeseeable event.” Such…
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April 15, 2020
Mill Mountain Zoo patches together funding to keep animals fed, healthy during pandemic closure Panda

Mill Mountain Zoo patches together funding to keep animals fed, healthy during pandemic closure

Nova the red panda chowed down on her usual afternoon meal of apple wedges and high-fiber biscuits, fed to her by a friendly zookeeper who wore a facemask.She roamed along the limbs and bamboo stalks of her enclosure like it was an ordinary day at Mill Mountain Zoo.Pandemic? What pandemic?…
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April 15, 2020
China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, U.S. says Nuclear Weapons

China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, U.S. says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.-Chinese tensions. The finding, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, may worsen…
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April 15, 2020