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Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen as US calls for accounting
HONG KONG - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged China to disclose the details of people killed, detained or missing during the Chinese military’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters ...
Jun 4, 2018
In India, a trio of unlikely heroes wages war on plastic
NEW DELHI - For more than 25 years, Ram Nath has lived on the banks of the Yamuna River under a 19th-century iron bridge. Each morning, the wiry man walks a few steps from his makeshift hut and enters...
Jun 4, 2018
Suspect in 6 slayings targeted people connected to divorce
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A hunch from a retired detective helped lead police to a man suspected of shooting six people to death in the Phoenix area, some of whom were connected to his divorce, authorities ...
Jun 4, 2018
Prince Harry: Invictus Games to be in Netherlands in 2020
LONDON - Prince Harry says the fifth Invictus Games will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2020. Harry, now also known as the Duke of Sussex, made the announcement Monday in a statement from the f...
Jun 4, 2018
Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski off to mixed doubles semifinal at French Open
PARIS - Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski is two wins away from capturing her second Grand Slam mixed doubles title in a row. The top-seeded team of Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and Mate Pavic of Croatia beat De...
Jun 4, 2018
Ottawa studying impact of steel, aluminum tariffs before supporting industry
MONTREAL - The Canadian government will study the impact of U.S. tariffs on the steel and aluminum industries before determining the financial support required to protect local jobs, the international...
Jun 4, 2018
The Nazis’ Attempt At Jurassic Park, Was It Possible?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nazi Jurassic Park Ever since the novel came out in 1990, and the movie of the same name debuted three years later, humanity has been awed by the sheer pow...
Jun 4, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on opioids; his critics on immigrants
WASHINGTON - Boasting in vague terms about the numbers being “way down,” President Donald Trump may have offered false hope that the opioid epidemic is subsiding. His critics on immigratio...
Jun 4, 2018
Like a 'miracle': Fogo Island Inn a lucrative success on Canada's eastern edge
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Gywneth Paltrow has called Fogo Island “heaven.” Late-night legend David Letterman mentioned last January during an interview with former U.S. President Barack Oba...
Jun 4, 2018
SpongeBob wants to know how 'The Rock' became 'The Rock'
NEW YORK - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a new friend on social media and he lives under the sea. SpongeBob Squarepants on Friday tagged Johnson in a tweet asking what inspired his nicknam...
Jun 4, 2018