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Kim Kardashian West sues doctor over 'Vampire Facial'

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over claims he wrongly used her image to promote a medical procedure called a "Vampire Facial." West...

Dec 12, 2019

Prague to ink partnership with Taipei after snubbing Beijing

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The city of Prague, the Czech capital, approved Thursday a partnership agreement with the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. The move comes two months after Prague revoked a similar s...

Dec 12, 2019

Democrats, White House forge new North American trade deal

WASHINGTON - House Democrats and the White House announced a deal on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win Tuesday on the same day that impeachm...

Dec 12, 2019

Wholesale prices unchanged in November as energy prices cool

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices were unchanged in November as the rise in energy costs slowed following a big gain in the previous month. The Labor Department said Thursday that the flat reading in...

Dec 12, 2019

Trump criticizes teen climate activist after magazine honour

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection "ridiculou...

Dec 12, 2019

UK voters decide who they want to resolve Brexit impasse

LONDON - Britons who have endured three years of wrangling over their country's messy divorce from the European Union cast ballots Thursday in an election billed as a way out of the Brexit stalemate a...

Dec 12, 2019

Climate activists protest at EU building as leaders gather

BRUSSELS - Greenpeace activists scaled the European Union's new headquarters in Brussels on Thursday and unfurled a huge banner warning of a "climate emergency," hours before the bloc's leaders gather...

Dec 12, 2019

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

HELSINKI - Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social media...

Dec 12, 2019

Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation

WASHINGTON - House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, declaring he "betrayed the nation" with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic pro...

Dec 12, 2019

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for "freedom and democracy," and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous Chin...

Dec 12, 2019