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Canadian man, 77, charged with smuggling pot in hockey bags
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Authorities say a 77-year-old man has been arrested for trying to smuggle marijuana across the Canada-U.S. border in hockey bags in the trunk of his car. Federal prosecutors said Frida...
Jun 2, 2018

Visa says disruption caused by hardware problem, not attack
LONDON - Visa says a problem that left people across Europe unable to use their cards was caused by a hardware fault, not a cyberattack. The card payments company says services are back to normal and ...
Jun 2, 2018

Protests resume after Palestinian paramedic's Gaza funeral
KHUZA’A, Palestinian Territory - Thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of medical workers in white uniforms, took part Saturday in the funeral procession of a colleague who was shot dead...
Jun 2, 2018
Yemeni officials say fighting along west coast kills 28
SANAA, Yemen - Heavy fighting in Yemen between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels killed at least 28 people on both sides, security and medical officials said Saturday. Government forces, backed ...
Jun 2, 2018
US commerce secretary in Beijing for talks on trade surplus
BEIJING - U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross arrived in Beijing on Saturday for talks on China’s promise to buy more American goods after Washington revived tensions by renewing its threat of t...
Jun 2, 2018
Pushing the envelope: Why was Kim's letter for Trump so big?
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is known for pushing the envelope with threats and bluster as he seeks to leverage his nuclear weapons program into security and economic be...
Jun 2, 2018
Police fire on funeral of Kashmir man killed by soldiers
SRINAGAR, India - Government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired shotgun pellets and tear gas at hundreds of mourners Saturday during a funeral march for a man killed when he was run over by a p...
Jun 2, 2018

Trump, NKorea's Kim back on for summit
WASHINGTON - After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had cancelle...
Jun 2, 2018
Syria FM: Iran has no combat forces, bases in the country
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria’s foreign minister said Saturday Iranian military advisers are embedded with Syrian troops but Tehran has no combat forces or fixed bases in the country. Walid al-Moallem...
Jun 2, 2018

UK police to reopen famous political attempted-murder probe
LONDON - Police are reopening an investigation into one of Britain’s most notorious scandals because a main suspect who was thought to have died may be alive, the BBC reported Saturday. The deci...
Jun 2, 2018