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This year marks 150 years of the Fort Laramie peace treaty between the Sioux Nation and U.S. government. We created a timeline on the treaty and the events that set it in motion and spoke to Native American leaders about what it means today as they continue their fight against the Dakota Access pipeline in federal court.

When the U.S. Secretary of State flies into Southeast Asia this week with a new investment pitch for the region, the response could be: thanks a million, but please stop threatening a trade war with China that will make us lose billions of dollars.

China urged the United States to return to reason after the Trump administration sought to ratchet up pressure for trade concessions by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.

The trial of Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is set to shift focus to the accountants who prepared years of his allegedly false tax returns as the court battle heads into its third day.

World

Troops ordered shops to close and told people to leave the center of Zimbabwe’s capital today, one day after three people were killed by soldiers sent in to break up demonstrators claiming this week’s presidential election was rigged.

Subdued calm on the streets of Harare this morning. Bloodshed of the previous day on everyone's minds. What next?

1:16 AM - feb 8, 2018

The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances. The new provision is expected to run into stiff opposition from Catholics in countries such as the United States, where many Catholics support the death penalty.

France voted to outlaw sexual harassment on the streets, leaving cat-callers and aggressively lecherous individuals facing potential on-the-spot fines of up to 750 euros as part of tougher legislation to fight sexual violence.

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1:15 PM - August 2, 2018