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The Navy aircraft carrier group arrived from the Mediterranean as part of the Pentagon's escalation of U.S.

military might near South America.

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Thailand says it has paused the implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia, pending an apology for landmine explosions.

Thailand's prime minister has accused Cambodia of laying new mines in violation of a truce that was signed just last month.

There's been a major theft from Syria's main archaeological museum in Damascus.

A Syrian Antiquities official tells NPR that six marble Roman-era statuettes were stolen.

More from Gina Rath in Amman.

Veteran actress and Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland has died at the age of 84.

Kirkland's career in film and television spanned decades.

She appeared in movies like JFK, Anna, and The Way We Were.

U.S.

futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens.

President Trump touted his economic policies Wednesday while attending the American Business Forum in Miami.

Trump told top executives and other elites there that the U.S.

economy is doing great.

Trump's comments came at a time when an increasing number of Americans are worried about their finances.

He blamed the ongoing government shutdown on Democrats.