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New South Korean leader to go to White House summit in June
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - New South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the White House next month for a summit with President Donald Trump amid worries over North Korea’s progress in buil...
May 16, 2017
Another crisis hits the White House after intelligence story
WASHINGTON - Closed-door emergency meetings. Hallways packed with reporters. Statements rushed out, but few questions answered. It’s become a familiar scenario in the crisis-prone Trump White Ho...
May 16, 2017
Russian magnate sues AP over story on Trump campaign ties
WASHINGTON - A Russian billionaire with ties to Vladimir Putin sued The Associated Press on Monday for defamation over a story about his connections to a former Trump campaign chairman. Aluminum magna...
May 16, 2017
French president pushes Paris Olympic bid, vets ministers
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is building a new government he hopes will have more gender balance, fewer positions and be less subject to scandal as it carries out his plans to overhaul the...
May 16, 2017
2 gang rapes show India struggling on women's safety
NEW DELHI - One woman was brutally gang raped and murdered, her body left disfigured in a patch of shrubs near her home in a north Indian village. Days later, another woman was abducted and gang raped...
May 16, 2017
EU urges member nations to share more refugees
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s landmark migrant plan to share 160,000 refugees in Italy and Greece among their EU partners is likely to result in less than 40,000 people finding new homes by th...
May 16, 2017
Jailhouse videos show quirks of Charleston church gunman
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A week before the sentencing phase of his trial, Dylann Roof got a visit in jail from his mother, who pleaded with him to reconsider his decision to act as his own lawyer in the fat...
May 16, 2017
IOC evaluation commission praises Paris' vision
PARIS - IOC evaluation commission chairman Patrick Baumann praised Paris’ vision for the Olympics as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the French capital on Tuesday. Baumann, however, stopped s...
May 16, 2017
Danish teenager found guilty of terrorism, sentence pending
COPENHAGEN - A Danish court on Tuesday convicted a teenage girl of attempted terrorism for planning bomb attacks against two schools. Holbaek District Court judge Peder Christensen says the 17-year-ol...
May 16, 2017
Israeli Cabinet minister cancels Jordan visit after shooting
JERUSALEM - An Israeli Cabinet minister called off a long-planned visit to Jordan on Tuesday for a joint scientific venture following a spat between the countries over a deadly shooting in Jerusalem. ...
May 16, 2017