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Analysis: Sessions seeks balance in pondering Clinton probe
WASHINGTON - In asking senior federal prosecutors to examine a number of Republican grievances, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to strike a balance. He appears to be attempting to placate a b...
Nov 15, 2017
Analysis: Progress by China envoy in N. Korea won't be easy
TOKYO - With all the verbal barbs flying between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump these days, China’s decision to send its most senior official to North Korea in m...
Nov 15, 2017
Archaeologists find buried medieval treasure in French abbey
PARIS - French archaeologists have discovered a medieval treasure on the site of a famous abbey in central France that had remained buried for over eight centuries. The rare find that included more th...
Nov 15, 2017
Pope auctions Lamborghini to rebuild Christian Iraq
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini on Wednesday - but he won’t be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it. Instead, the special edition Huracan will be auctione...
Nov 15, 2017
Survey: New York factories grow at slower pace in November
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing activity in New York expanded at a slower pace this month but remains at a healthy level. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says its Empire State Manufacturing Survey sli...
Nov 15, 2017
Iran earthquake survivors, sleeping on rubble, ask for help
SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran - In a western Iranian town devastated by this week’s powerful earthquake, families are sleeping on the rubble of their homes and were fashioning reed shelters to offer prot...
Nov 15, 2017
Official: US would consider individual sanctions for Myanmar
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by “credible reports” of atrocities committed by Myanmar’s security forces and ...
Nov 15, 2017
Merkel to address climate talks amid calls for coal exit
BONN, Germany - World leaders arrived at global climate talks in Germany on Wednesday to give the negotiations a boost going into the final stretch, as campaigners called for a strong signal from rich...
Nov 15, 2017
Sri Lanka official denies allegations of torture, rape
VANCOUVER - Sri Lanka’s defence secretary denied Tuesday that his country committed torture and rape of suspected rebels, as charged by more than 50 men of the island’s Tamil ethnic minori...
Nov 15, 2017
Managing overtourism an increasing feature of global travel
LONDON - Venice is planning to divert massive cruise liners. Barcelona has cracked down on apartment rentals. Both are at the forefront of efforts to get a grip on “overtourism,” a phenome...
Nov 15, 2017