Iraq told Sweden it would sever diplomatic ties if a Koran is burned again, after hundreds of people stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it alight in a protest against plans for one to be burned in Stockholm later on Thursday.
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Climate talks this week between China and the United States were buoyed by goodwill, but the world's two biggest carbon polluters achieved more on righting their diplomatic relationship than battling climate change.
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- WorldRussia bombards Ukraine ports, threatens ships, jolting world grain markets
Russia struck residential buildings in a third straight night of bombardments of Ukrainian ports and issued a new threat against Ukraine-bound vessels.
