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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Visits China to Inaugurate a New Cross-border Bridge

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China on Saturday, inaugurating a new bridge that connects the two countries and vowing to expand cooperation with his powerful neighbor. Kim’s visit to China is his latest move in an increasingly assertive foreign policy as he seeks to align Pyongyang with Beijing and Moscow in a united front against the United States under what he portrays as a “new Cold War.” It's his first visit in a year, said The Associated Press.

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Beirut's $13 chicken sandwich becomes symbol of Lebanon divide

By Nazih Osseiran, Raghed Waked and Ahmad Al KerdiBEIRUT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Seven years after Lebanon’s devastating financial meltdown, a debate over a chicken sandwich has exposed an increasingly stark divide between those who can still spend freely and those struggling to get by.

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