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Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork

SHELBY, N.C. - Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the C...

Dec 11, 2019

Thunberg accuses leaders of 'creative PR' at climate talks

MADRID - Activist Greta Thunberg accused the business and political leaders of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world's "cl...

Dec 11, 2019

Too much of a Greta thing? Activist urges focus on others

MADRID - With dozens of cameras pointing at her across a room full of reporters, celebrity teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg had an unexpected message: Look the other way. "Our stories have been to...

Dec 11, 2019

Sarajevo officials: Nobel winner Handke not welcome in city

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non grata in the Bosnian capital for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during the war in th...

Dec 11, 2019

Kosovo, Albania to boycott Nobel Literature award ceremony

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the Nobel Literature Prize ceremony Tuesday to protest the award being given to Austrian writer Peter Handke who both countries link to the ...

Dec 11, 2019

Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athlet...

Dec 11, 2019

Saudi Aramco starts trading after record $25.6 billion IPO

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco is listed and started trading on the Saudi Tadawul stock exchange on Wednesday for the first time after a mammoth $25.6 billion initial public ...

Dec 10, 2019

The people sing: 'Les Mis' soothes, breaks Hong Kong hearts

HONG KONG - For Hong Kong spectators mentally and physically drained from six months of pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the city, a rousing performance of "Les Miserables" proved almost too...

Dec 10, 2019

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base

KABUL - A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility on Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital, the U.S. military said. The at...

Dec 10, 2019

Boungainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA, Australia - The South Pacific region of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become the world's newest nation by gaining independence from Papua New Guinea, results showed Wednesday. Bougain...

Dec 10, 2019