Bonsai trees shaped like rats are popular in Vietnam ahead of Lunar New Year

It's 2020 -- and with the Lunar New Year just weeks away, farmers in Vietnam have come up with a unique way to herald the Year of the Rat.

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Recommended Reads Of 2019 From NPR's International Correspondents

As we enter 2020, our far-flung journalists took a look back at the past year of reporting and recommended some of their favorite online stories.

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In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer

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Trump Administration Plans to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

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Analysis: Twin foreign policy crises greet Trump as election year dawns

President Donald Trump is suddenly faced on the first day of election year with hot foreign policy crises with Iran and North Korea that put American lives at risk and could weigh heavily on his own political prospects.

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'SNL' alum revives iconic character, and Anderson Cooper loses it

'Saturday Night Live' alum Cheri Oteri joins Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen for New Year's Eve and revived her iconic Barbara Walters impression to ring in 2020.

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Trump says certain e-cigarette flavors will come off the market

An announcement that will take certain e-cigarette flavors off the US market is coming soon, President Donald Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share cute new photo of baby Archie

Prince Harry and wife Meghan have celebrated the new year with an adorable photo of baby Archie having a cuddle with his dad.

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Says He Is No Longer Bound By Nuclear Missile Moratorium

He stopped short of saying he was breaking off nuclear negotiations with the U.S. President Trump has repeatedly touted the testing moratorium as a political victory.

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F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol

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CNN anchor's NYE outfit cracks Anderson Cooper up

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen kick off the New Year's Eve celebrations by speaking to CNN's Richard Quest, who dressed up as a character from the Broadway show "Cats."

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Tennessee woman wants a New York police officer who barged into her home and was accused of a racial slur to be fired

A New York police officer sentenced to just over two weeks in jail for trespassing and assault while on vacation in 2018 is still on the force -- and the Nashville woman who accused him of using a racial slur during a home break-in wants him fired.

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Mariah Carey's Twitter account appears to have been hacked

Mariah Carey ended 2019 with an unfortunate surprise.

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