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Emirates opts for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in revised deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East's biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion. The order...

Nov 21, 2019

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

BANGKOK - Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, part of a mission to boost the morale of those countries' tiny minority Catholic communities and speak abo...

Nov 21, 2019

Man found guilty of murdering British tourist in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane. Millane died last December on her birthday after meeting a m...

Nov 21, 2019

Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen

Hong Kong schools reopened Wednesday after a six-day shutdown, but students and commuters faced transit disruptions as the last anti-government protesters remained holed up on a university campus, sur...

Nov 21, 2019

US agency to consider expanded drilling in Alaska reserve

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration will consider a new management plan and expanded oil drilling for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an Indiana-size area that former Interior Secretar...

Nov 21, 2019

How GM ended up suing its crosstown rival

DETROIT - Automakers sue each other on occasion, but no one in Detroit can remember one accusing another of bribing union officials to get an unfair labour cost advantage. Yet that's what happened Wed...

Nov 21, 2019

WeWork cuts nearly 20% of workforce in restructuring effort

NEW YORK - WeWork is slashing nearly 20% of its workforce, embarking on a painful restructuring of its money-losing operation that doomed its stock market debut and left the office-sharing company on ...

Nov 21, 2019

White House, GOP senators discuss impeachment trial strategy

WASHINGTON - Top White House officials and six Republican senators have met to discuss strategy for a possible Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. One Senate GOP aide says participants...

Nov 21, 2019

Feds: Royalty exemption for new shallow-water Gulf wells

NEW ORLEANS - The federal agencies that make and enforce offshore oil and gas leases say they'll encourage new wells in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters by allowing some reduced-royalty or even royalty-f...

Nov 21, 2019

Daddy Yankee to open reggaeton museum in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico reggaeton star Daddy Yankee is opening a museum in the U.S. Caribbean territory that will be dedicated to his life and the music that made him famous. The Daddy Yan...

Nov 21, 2019