Asia
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Giant Pandas at D.C. zoo to return to China after 23 years
Giant pandas lost their endangered species status on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List in 2016.
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Putin to visit North Korea after Kim trip to Russia, Kremlin confirms
Kim visited Russia this week amid speculation that Moscow sought to procure military supplies from the heavily armed Hermit Kingdom to bolster its war effort in Ukraine.
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Afghanistan rapidly expanding meth trafficking, UN says as Taliban pledges to eradicate drugs
The rise in production coincides with severe poverty in Afghanistan.