India forest fires flare close to famous Shimla railway
SHIMLA , India (AFP) -- Forest fires raging in India's Himalayan region crept perilously close to a famous British-era railway…
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International
Air raids on IS Syria bastion kill 13 civilians: monitor
BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) -- Heavy air strikes throughout the night on the Islamic State group's de facto Syria capital…
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Obama will not apologize to Japan on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing
QUEZON City, Philippines - President Barack Obama of the United States of America will not apologize to Japan for the…
8 years ago
American prisoner relates experiences as prisoner of North Korea
QUEZON City, Philippines - Freed American prisoner, Kenneth Bae, related his experiences as a prisoner of North Korea for two…
8 years ago
Britain’s Harry and Canada’s Trudeau drop puck at Invictus Games launch
TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) -- Britain's Prince Harry and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped the puck for sledge hockey athletes…
8 years ago
San Francisco’s revamped modern art museum eyes global splash
by Sophie ESTIENNE SAN FRANCISCO ,United States (AFP) -- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopens in mid-May after…
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Emotional return as first U.S. cruise in decades reaches Cuba
(Reuters) Hundreds of tourists and a handful of emotional Cuban-Americans arrived on the first U.S. cruise ship to sail…
8 years ago
CEO of China’s Baidu summoned over student death
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The head of Chinese search giant Baidu has been summoned by the country's authorities, reports said…
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Olympic torch to land in middle of Brazil crisis
by Damian WROCLAVSKY BRASILIA , Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Dilma Rousseff greets the Olympic flame on Tuesday in what could…
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Japan agrees to lease military aircraft to Philippines
TOKYO , Japan (AFP) -- Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines in another sign of deepening security ties…
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