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Drought affecting Afghans 'more than war' 10/17/2018, 12:32:47 AM The UN is allocating $34.6m to help 2.2m people estimated to have been affected by the drought. ✔ We took what little we could with us, but lost most of it on the way ✔ AFP Many Afghans believe their political leaders are too detached from the issues facing them Outside a registration centre, many seem desperate ✔ We haven't seen such a large scale disaster in the last 18 years British royals charm drought-stricken Australian town 10/17/2018, 2:18:03 AM A 5-year-old boy tugged Prince Harry's red beard and scored big hugs from t... ✔ Prince Harry and Meghan are on their first international tour since marrying in May and are traveling to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga ✔ Their trip coincides with the Invictus Games in Sydney from Oct. 20-27 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Royal washout: Meghan and Harry DRENCHED as Duchess force

Young South Koreans fall for Japanese novels and travel 10/17/2018, 3:06:18 AM Informal cultural diplomacy could ease strains between the prickly neighbors ✔ In the first half of this year, arrivals from the two countries came to about 4 million each ✔ Before that, Chinese lessons were more popular, particularly among job-seekers looking for an edge ✔ People in their 20s and 30s seem less touchy about Japan, however, and they have more immediate concerns, such as their own country's high jobless rate Photos of the Day: Oct. 16 10/16/2018, 8:23:02 PM In photos selected Tuesday By Wall Street Journal editors, laborers prepare a pond in India for the ‘Durga Puja’ festival, Honduran immigrants travel in Guatemala, flooding affects Indonesia, and more. Boston - not New York - has the best pizzeria, according to TripAdvisor 10/16/2018, 9:30:29 PM A restaurant in Boston, called Regina Pizzeria, earns the No. 1 ranking on TripAdvisor, pushing NYC's Bleecker Street Piz