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China's population shrank for a fourth consecutive year, underscoring the demographic challenges facing the world's second-largest economy.

In Trump's Drive for Greenland, NATO Is the First Casualty

BRUSSELS-A few months ago, officials on both sides of the Atlantic hoped that they had saved the Western alliance-the world's biggest economic and military community.

Today, the team that won the Cold War and led the globe is in tatters.

Israel Clashes With U.S. Over Turkey, Qatar Involvement in Gaza Oversight

TEL AVIV-Israel is publicly pushing back against the makeup of a U.S. committee created to oversee Gaza, which includes Israeli rivals like Turkey and Qatar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the committee established by the White House to help advance the next phases of the Gaza cease-fire was "not coordinated with Israel and contrary to its policy."

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