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Iran's Rouhani in Japan to meet Japan PM amid nuke impasse

TOKYO - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday in hopes of easing a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and reduce tensi...

Dec 20, 2019

Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries

PARIS - Notre Dame kept Christmas going even during two world wars - a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed. Yet, an accidental fire in peacetime finally stopped the cathedral from celebrating Midnight M...

Dec 20, 2019

Thailand returns orangutans to their Indonesian homeland

BANGKOK - Wildlife authorities in Thailand sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Friday as part of a collaborative effort to combat illicit wildlife trade. Ten-year-old female Cola and 7-year-old m...

Dec 20, 2019

Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them

NEW DELHI - From campuses along India's Himalayan northern border to its southern Malabar Coast, a student-led protest movement against a new law that grants citizenship on the basis of religion sprea...

Dec 19, 2019

Russian security officer dead, 5 injured in Moscow shooting

MOSCOW - An unidentified gunman opened fire Thursday outside the Moscow headquarters of Russia's top security agency, killing one officer and wounding five others, officials said. The Federal Security...

Dec 19, 2019

Police search for suspect after 1 shot at Oklahoma City mall

OKLAHOMA CITY - A man shot another man Thursday during an argument inside an Oklahoma City mall, and police were searching the stores for the suspect while also clearing out shoppers who were still hi...

Dec 19, 2019

Ex-model sues Weinstein, renewing allegations of abuse at 16

NEW YORK - A former model who accused Harvey Weinstein last year of sexually abusing her when she was 16 years old filed a new lawsuit against him Thursday, saying she didn't want to be included in a ...

Dec 19, 2019

Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment

We interrupt the holiday spirit to bring you the impeachment of a president. In festive haunts, buzzing stores and rush-hour frenzy, Americans absorbed the moment Donald Trump became only the third pr...

Dec 19, 2019

After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on Trump

WASHINGTON - One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canad...

Dec 19, 2019

'Meet the Press' to shine light on political disinformation

NEW YORK - A special "Meet the Press" episode on disinformation in politics was in the works even before host Chuck Todd's interviews with two Republican senators made its pertinence clear. The deep d...

Dec 19, 2019