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SINGAPORE - The Trump administration is aiming for continuity in Asia policy, sticking broadly with the approach its predecessors have taken by emphasizing diplomacy and co-operation with allies, U.S....

KABUL - At least six people were killed Saturday when a trio of suicide bombers struck a funeral attended by senior government officials, just three days after a powerful truck bomb in one of the most...

AKRON, Ohio - Police say a 1-year-old Ohio boy had to be revived with naloxone after he overdosed on opioids. Police say the boy’s 9-year-old brother called 911 Thursday evening after he noticed...

HONG KONG - A bottle of forbidden liquor produced last year by Chinese activists to mark the 1989 military crackdown on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has arrived in Hong Kong after a trip around th...

OXON HILL, Md. - Ananya Vinay showed little emotion as she plowed through word after mystifying word in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Later, as she stood beside the confetti-c...

TOKYO - Taxpayers beware: The cost of hosting an Olympics is likely to be far more than advertised. The price tag on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has ballooned to nearly twice the initial estimate, even af...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit rose in April to the highest level since January. The politically sensitive trade gap with China registered a sharp increase. The Commerce Department said Friday th...

Friday’s Games AHL Calder Cup final Grand Rapids 3 Syracuse 2 (Grand Rapids leads series 1-0) — MLB American Toronto 7 N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 3 Boston 2 Detroit 15 Chicago White Sox 5 Ka...

TOKYO - A bill allowing the 83-year-old emperor to abdicate has cleared the more powerful chamber of Japan’s parliament, setting the stage for his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito to succeed the ...

OTTAWA - Federal officials have advised Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to put the brakes on setting up a publicly accessible database of high-risk child sex offenders. The previous Conservative ...