U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Diverting Asylum-Seekers

By Michael D. Shear & Ian Austen | The New York Times

The United States and Canada have reached an agreement that will allow both countries to divert asylum seekers from their borders at a time when migration has surged across the hemisphere, a U.S. official familiar with the agreement said Thursday.

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North Korea Says It Tested a Nuclear-Capable Underwater Attack Drone

By Choe Sang-Hun | The New York Times

North Korea said Friday that it had used an underwater drone to practice launching a nuclear attack on an enemy seaport, saying that threats from the United States and its allies were forcing it to develop diverse means of carrying out nuclear strikes.

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Israel’s Attorney General Says Netanyahu Broke Law With Judicial Intervention Pledge

By Patrick Kingsley | The New York Times

Israel’s attorney general issued a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, warning him that he had broken the law by announcing that he would become more personally involved in his government’s efforts to overhaul the judiciary.

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TikTok Chief Faces Hostile Congress in Bid to Fight Off U.S. Ban

By Hannah Murphy, Ryan McMorrow & Cristina Criddle | Financial Times

TikTok’s chief executive has told hostile U.S. legislators that the viral-video app will be kept “free from any manipulation by any government”, as he struggled to head off a potential U.S. ban.

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U.S. Due Diligence Firm Says China Detained Its Employees

By Keith Bradsher | The New York Times

The authorities in China have raided the Beijing office of the Mintz Group, an American corporate investigations firm, and detained all five of its Chinese employees, the company said Friday.

Drone Attack Kills U.S. Contractor in Syria, Prompting Airstrike Response

By Dan Lamothe | The Washington Post

A self-detonating drone struck a U.S. military position in Syria on Thursday, killing an American contractor, wounding U.S. troops and a second U.S. contractor, and prompting the Pentagon to launch retaliatory airstrikes, officials said.