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February 17, 2019 World News

US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians

AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spoke...

Lawyer famous for acquittals to defend Nissan ex-chair Ghosn

Junichiro Hironaka, a lawyer famous for winning extremely rare acquittals in Japan, has been tapped to defend Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn as he battles charges of false financial reporting ...

February 13, 2019
World Business
US, China envoys hold talks before Trump tariff decision

US and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting this week for talks President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he escalates a technology dispute by going ahead with a March 2 tariff hike on $2...

February 13, 2019
World Business
Rap artists and women take center stage at Grammys

LOS ANGELES -- Rap artists and women have felt shunned by the Grammy Awards in recent years. But this year, they both took center stage. Childish Gambino’s disturbing look at race relations, “This i...

February 11, 2019
World News
5 alleged Hitler watercolors go unsold at German auction

BERLIN -- Five watercolors attributed to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler from his early days as a struggling artist have failed to sell at auction in the southern German city of Nuremberg, possibly over f...

February 10, 2019
World News
Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons...

February 6, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] After 2 years of rancor, Trump to appeal for unity in speech

After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in Washington during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, a messag...

February 6, 2019
Foreign Policy
South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure

As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, veering for years between extreme dieting and overeating, Park I Seul realized she had a problem: She was not tall and skinny, like typical runwa...

February 5, 2019
Social affairs
20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral

JOLO, Philippines (AP) – Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 111...

January 27, 2019
World News
40 dead, many feared buried in mud after Brazil dam collapse

The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers flying in helicopters and rescuers laboring in deep mud uncovered more bod...

January 27, 2019
World News
Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency

Adam Crapser lives in limbo, a stranger in South Korea, the country of his birth. Forcibly separated from his wife, children and friends in America, he is isolated by language and culture, left alon...

January 23, 2019
Social affairs
Report: Secret talks between US, NK in Sweden

COPENHAGEN -- Sweden’s news agency says a secret, high-level meeting between envoys from the United States and North Korea is being held in Stockholm. The TT news agency says US special envoy for No...

January 18, 2019
North Korea
Trump says US will develop space-based missile defense

Moving to protect the US from advanced missile threats from China and Russia, President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tech systems desi...

January 18, 2019
World News
Pope decries rise of nationalism, flaws of globalization

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has expressed concern over the rise of nationalism in the world, blaming the surge partly on globalization's shortcomings. Without citing countries or political parties,...

January 7, 2019
World News
China protests over US warship sighting as trade talks start

BEIJING -- Chinese and American officials began talks Monday aimed at ending a bruising tariffs battle between the world's two biggest economies, as Beijing complained over the sighting of a US warsh...

January 7, 2019
World Business

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