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A pregnant Pakistani woman was beaten to death with…
Evidence to drag into second week
Rolf Harris will continue to give evidence from the witness box next week after his child sex abuse trial was delayed by…
Mum dies after cervical cancer misdiagnosed 30 times
A UK mother-of-four died after doctors missed 30 chances to diagnose her cervical cancer, an inquest heard.
Ants more efficient than Google
The dedication and stamina of the worker ant were celebrated in Aesop's Fables - in contrast to the lazy, singing grasshopper…
Fake news site targets US, Israel
Spies in Iran created a bogus news organisation used for espionage since 2011 against United States and Israeli military…
World
Mexico: No World Cup rights for Televisa, Slim
MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican regulators are barring both the country's main television network and Carlos Slim's telecom company…
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TOP STORY: TEN--FRENCH OPEN PARIS Roger Federer moves into the second week of a major tournament yet again after the…
North Korea sentences S. Korean missionary to life
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said Saturday that it sentenced a South Korean Baptist missionary to hard labor for…
UN teams up with top sailors to research oceans
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United Nations is teaming up with top sailors to conduct scientific research in remote areas of…
North Korea sentences South Korea missionary to hard labor for life for alleged "hostile acts"
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea sentences South Korea missionary to hard labor for life for alleged "hostile acts"
US says it could take 2 years to seal nuke dump
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) It could take two years or more for the U.S. government to seal off hundreds of potentially…
'Arsenio Hall Show' canceled after 1 season
LOS ANGELES (AP) "The Arsenio Hall Show" has been canceled because of low ratings, ending Hall's late-night TV comeback…
Brazilian teachers take to Rio de Janeiro streets
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Hundreds of striking teachers seeking higher wages have taken to Rio de Janeiro's streets. The demonstration…
US regulators close small lender in Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) Regulators have closed a small lender in Maryland, marking the ninth U.S. bank failure of 2014 after 24…
US considers dropping immigration law challenge
PHOENIX (AP) The Obama administration has signaled a willingness to drop its legal fight against a section of Arizona's…
Man who accosted Pitt pleads no contest to battery
LOS ANGELES (AP) A man who accosted Brad Pitt on a red carpet pleaded no contest to battery Friday and was ordered to stay…
Judge rejects bids to bar execution in US shooting
DENVER (AP) The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case has rejected three more defense attempts to rule out the death…
Tough times ahead for new Egyptian president
"Al-Sisi will leave no one wanting!" the 50-year-old shopkeeper in a Cairo slum barked when a younger man criticised the…
How the Dow Jones industrial average did Friday
The stock market closed out May on a mostly higher note Friday, sending two out of the three major U.S. indexes to record…
Senior US diplomat to visit India's new gov't
WASHINGTON (AP) A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to New Delhi next week to meet with India's new government. Assistant…
Court rules disputed Bahamas dredging can proceed
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) A resort company won permission Friday to resume a dredging project off the islands of Bimini that…
Magnate Carlos Slim opens aquarium in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican magnate Carlos Slim on Friday inaugurated a four-level, underground aquarium that is one of the…
USVI wins back control of its Housing Authority
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) The U.S. Virgin Islands is once again in control of its Housing Authority agency…
Obama to meet Ukraine president-elect in Poland
WASHINGTON (AP) The Ukraine crisis and awkward moments around Russian President Vladimir Putin promise to dominate President…
Dow Jones industrial average ekes out a record-high close, S&P; 500 also at all-time high
NEW YORK (AP) Dow Jones industrial average ekes out a record-high close, S&P; 500 also at all-time high.
Ukraine
Ukraine says it will strike back after chopper hit
Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko has vowed to punish pro-Russian rebels who downed an army helicopter in the east…
Science
Groundbreaking study could change future farming in warmer world
Australian and Kiwi researchers have edged closer to the "holy grail" of plant science with a groundbreaking study that…
United States
Lessons from turnaround of the Golden State
At the Golden State's nadir the jibes came thick and fast. "California is so broke that I saw a going-out-of-business sign…
Pacific Islands
The N-bomb guinea pigs
The US nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954, was 1000 times larger than the bombs that…
International Politics
D-Day meeting will test former allies
The hand of history lies heavily on the beaches of Normandy, where next week the leaders of the World War II allies will…
Space
Reusable rocket next step in space travel
A company that has flown unmanned capsules to the Space Station unveiled a spacecraft yesterday designed to ferry up to…
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Syria
From hometown hero to rebel leader
He began as a local hero on the soccer field, playing for the most popular team of his home city Homs and rising toward…
Europe
Rise of UKIP puts pressure on UK's place in EU
The victory of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) in "historic" European elections in Britain has added new heat…