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Woman sentenced for beating, starving nanny from China

World NewsAug 26, 2017

WOODBURY, Minn. -- A woman accused of beating and starving a woman she brought from China to work as a nanny in Minnesota will be deported after she spends a year in jail. Lili Huang, 36, pleaded gu...
Yellen defends bank regulations passed after 2008 crisis

World BusinessAug 26, 2017

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday emphatically defended the web of regulations the Fed helped enact after the 2008 financial crisis, saying it helped restore the b...
Japan says North Korea missiles no direct threat

World NewsAug 26, 2017

Japan's top government spokesman says there is no direct threat to Japan following North Korea's latest test-launch of three short-range missiles. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is f...
Seoul: US war games to proceed 'more thoroughly'

North KoreaAug 26, 2017

South Korea's presidential office says the US and South Korean militaries will proceed with their ongoing war games "even more thoroughly" in response to North Korea's latest short-range missile laun...
N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles; US says tests fail

North KoreaAug 26, 2017

SEOUL -- Three North Korea short-range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday, US military officials said, which, if true, would be a temporary setback to Pyongyang's rapid nuclear and missile expansi...
Danish police search for dead Swedish journalist's clothes

World NewsAug 24, 2017

COPENHAGEN (AP) - Danish police said Thursday that the headless torso of Swedish reporter Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on a submarine that sank, was found naked and they are now also search...
France's Macron in Romania for talks on 'posted workers'

World NewsAug 24, 2017

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Romania Thursday, the second leg of his trip to Central Europe where he will raise concerns over so-called "posted workers'' -- c...
China urges US to drop new sanctions on Chinese companies

WorldAug 23, 2017

BEIJING, (AP) - China on Wednesday urged US to withdraw new sanctions it imposed on Chinese companies that Washington says are supporting North Korea as it carries out increasingly ambitious missile ...
1 dead, 1 injured as van rams bus stops in Marseille, France

World NewsAug 21, 2017

MARSEILLE, France (AP) _ A van rammed into two bus stops about 5 kilometers (3 miles) apart in the French port city of Marseille on Monday, killing one person and injuring another, police officials s...
Guam official says the island is calm despite N. Korea threat

World NewsAug 21, 2017

TOKYO (AP) -- The lieutenant governor of Guam has reassured Japanese that the U.S. territory is calm amid the recent tension between the U.S. and North Korea. Lt. Gov. Ray Tenorio said in Tokyo on M...
Korea tensions keep a lid on global markets

MarketsAug 21, 2017

LONDON (AP) -- Global stock markets traded in narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited a key meeting of central bankers later this week and continued to monitor developments on the Korean peninsula....
Scholars: Refuse to bow down to China censorship pressure

BooksAug 21, 2017

BEIJING - Scholars are petitioning Cambridge University Press to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles removed from its website in China after a request from authorities, underscoring ...
French designer in costly dispute over Pitt-Jolie chateau

TelevisionAug 20, 2017

A French lighting designer has won a $600,000 court ruling in a dispute with Brad Pitt over a grandiose re-design of the chateau in Provence that he and Angelina Jolie shared. But designer Odile Sou...
Malaysia apologizes for showing Indonesia's flag as Poland's

World NewsAug 20, 2017

Malaysia apologized to Indonesia on Sunday for an "unintentional" mistake in printing the Indonesian flag upside down in a souvenir guidebook for the Southeast Asian Games. The error made the red-an...
Spanish police hunt for suspected Barcelona van driver

World NewsAug 20, 2017

Spanish police put up scores of roadblocks across the northeast as the manhunt continued Sunday for the suspected driver of the van that plowed into pedestrians in Barcelona. Police in Catalonia are...