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1. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has scrapped a planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
2. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry says the country will keep beefing up its nuclear force as long as the United States and its followers maintain their nuclear threat.
3. The governments of Japan and Britain have signed an agreement that enables mutual provision of goods and services during joint drills and rescue operations by defense forces.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a wall along the border with Mexico to block illegal immigrants.
2. The Dow Jones industrial average on the New York Stock Exchange topped 20,000 on Wednesday for the first time on expectations for stimulus measures to be taken by U.S. President Trump.
3. The International Olympic Committee says it is stripping the Jamaican men’s relay team of its win in the Beijing Games after one member tested positive for a banned substance.

1. A U.S. defense official says Defense Secretary James Mattis is considering visiting Japan and South Korea in early February.
2. The Japanese government will continue to seek the United States’ understanding of the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
3. Toyota Motor says it will invest about 600 million dollars to improve its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana and hire 400 local workers.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum formally withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal.
2. The new Trump administration has vowed to protect U.S. interests in international waters in the South China Sea.
3. Peace talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war have got off to a rocky start, with government representatives and opposition delegates trading criticism over a ceasefire.

1. A Japanese government panel discussing Emperor Akihito’s apparent wish to abdicate will release a report later today summarizing its deliberations.
2. The White House says President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington in early February.
3. Members of Syria’s government and rebel delegates are to hold peace talks in Kazakhstan on Monday.

1. Millions of people have taken to city streets across the United States opposing the agenda of new President Donald Trump.
2. Leaders of Europe’s right and far-right parties have gathered in Germany to present a united front ahead of major elections later this year.
3. The United Nations cultural agency has strongly condemned Islamic State militants for further destroying cultural assets in the central Syrian city of Palmyra.

1. Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. In his inauguration address, Trump made clear his stance to place top priority on U.S. interests.
2. The administration of new U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
3. South Korea’s special prosecutor has arrested the culture minister and a former senior official in connection with the scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye.

1. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has stressed that he will bring about changes to the United States on the eve of his inauguration.
2. Officials with China’s National Bureau of Statistics say the economy has expanded but the pace of growth continued to slow in 2016.
3. Japan’s government will soon notify New Zealand that it has completed its domestic procedures for implementing the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

1. A special prosecutors’ team in South Korea has requested an arrest warrant for Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun. She is suspected of abusing her power.
2. Struggling Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has come up with another plan to strengthen its capital base.
3. The Iraqi government says its forces are in “full control” of eastern Mosul, the largest stronghold of the Islamic State militant group.

1. British Prime Minister Theresa May says her country will seek a complete withdrawal from the European Union.
2. Japanese companies will likely review their business strategies for Europe as May says her country will take a “hard Brexit”.
3. Italian Antonio Tajani has been elected President of the European Parliament.