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Two Chinese submarines are shown at surface depth and with Chinese flags flying.

Analysis: Is a US-China nuclear conflict likely?

When it comes to the nightmare scenario of two nuclear powers becoming embroiled in an escalatory spiral resulting in mutual, increasingly destructive nuclear strikes, the historical record is bare. But, experts are studying what the likelihood that a conventional war between China and the US could escalate into a nuclear war.

As US steps back on climate change, will EU and China take the lead?

European heads of state will vote this week on the European Green Deal. Many at the climate conference in Madrid hope the EU will take the US' place this time around, and that an EU-China agreement may be announced ahead of 2020.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is shown speaking from a podium with the US, Mexico and Canadian flags behind him.

NAFTA gets an update

In an era of extreme partisanship in Washington DC, Democrats and Republicans cooperated to get a trade deal done updating the North American Free Trade Agreement. US President Donald Trump hailed the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement as "the best and most important trade ever." House speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was "much better than NAFTA." But what about the views from Mexico and Canada? Plus, which countries are taking the lead at the international climate conference in Madrid right now? And, in Mexico City, a new portrait of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata has caused a firestorm of outrage. Why? Well, it portrays Zapata in a seductive pose, clad only in a pink sombrero and high heels.

NAFTA 2.0 is here December 11, 2019
A Canadian view of the new trade deal December 11, 2019
Migrant workers in North America December 11, 2019
Will anyone step up to lead on climate? December 11, 2019
Seoul’s subsidized housing gives newlyweds a new lease on the future December 11, 2019
New Zealand volcano eruption December 11, 2019
US spending in Afghanistan fueled rampant corruption, reports say December 11, 2019
Protesters storm museum in Mexico City over painting December 11, 2019
Facebook content moderators sue over psychological trauma December 11, 2019
The U visa is supposed to help solve crimes and protect immigrants. But police are undermining it. December 11, 2019

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US spending in Afghanistan fueled rampant corruption, reports say

Corruption played a toxic and central role in hampering the United States' efforts in Afghanistan from day one. Sarah Peck, a lawyer and former diplomat who served as the anti-corruption officer at the US embassy in Kabul from 2009 to 2010, tells The World's Marco Werman what she observed.

Saudi Arabia is selling a portion of its most profitable company

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, also known as Saudi Aramco, is offering 1.5% of the company in an initial public offering on the Saudi stock exchange.

Jose Albeiro Camayo is show in a close-up photograph wearing a red beret.

Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Guard, defenders of land, the environment and their own lives

Unions, students and ethnic groups have been protesting for weeks in Bogotá over President Ivan Duque's social and economic policies. In this photo essay, see the demonstrators joined by Colombia’s Indigenous Guard as they mark a third national strike with marches, chants and dancing to demand their rights.

Two white men in suits shake hands, the US State Department podium is visible.

Analyst on Lavrov visit: Russia is ‘running circles' around Trump

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in DC to meet with Trump administration officials. Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace says the optics of the visit, which comes on the heels of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, "could not be worse."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is shown standing at a wooden podium with microphones and several lawmakers standing behind her.

The House moves forward with articles of impeachment

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives presented formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Tuesday. The first article is on abuse of power and the second is on obstruction of Congress. And, 'fly less' is one of the big messages from climate activists in Europe, where the EU is considering measures to limit short-haul flights. But what about the alternatives for travel? Also, the classic Christmas film "Love Actually" gets a minor role in the rhetoric of the UK general election.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner faces tension back home December 10, 2019
Nobel Prize in literature controversy December 10, 2019
The ubiquitous bar code December 10, 2019
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The U visa is supposed to help solve crimes and protect immigrants. But police are undermining it.

Nataly Alcantara awoke to two shadows standing in her bedroom. Her husband and their toddler son lay next to her, with their 3-month-old daughter nestled in a crib beside the bed. One of the shadows, Alcantara realized, held a knife.

A high school reunion for Iranian Americans, 40 years after the revolution

On the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, these former classmates said that this reunion — their first in 42 years — took them back to a time and place that felt like a world away.

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