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Cuba battles plague of giant snails

HAVANA - Silently and without pause, the giant African snail has been invading Cuba. With their shiny, brilliantly striped shells and bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimetres) long, the snails have becom...

Oct 01, 2019

Man douses himself in liquid near UK Houses of Parliament

LONDON - Police in London detained a man near the Houses of Parliament Tuesday after he doused himself with what appeared to be flammable liquid. The Metropolitan Police said that the man had a lighte...

Oct 01, 2019

A year later, Saudi journalist's killing haunts kingdom

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is drawing renewed scrutiny to the kingdom. Khashoggi's son and a U.N. investi...

Oct 01, 2019

North Korea says nuclear talks with US will resume on Oct. 5

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume nuclear negotiations on Oct. 5 following a months-long stalemate over withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarm...

Oct 01, 2019

'You're good-looking': Ukraine's leader woos Tom Cruise

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's leader isn't just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump - he's set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not - Cruise is studying possible Ukrain...

Oct 01, 2019

Afghan officials: Taliban attack kills at least 11 policemen

KABUL - The Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack on a district headquarters in a remote district in northern Afghanistan early on Tuesday, killing at least 11 policemen and triggering a gunbattle t...

Oct 01, 2019

Bridge falls in Taiwan bay, injuring 10 on boats below

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A towering bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan has collapsed sending an oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. A disaster relief official said the collapse Tuesday se...

Sep 30, 2019

Michigan governor signs budget with $1B in line-item vetoes

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the next state budget Monday hours before the deadline to fund government, while using line-item vetoes to block nearly $1 billion in spending pr...

Sep 30, 2019

Wesley Snipes says he's moving on from 'Blade' character

LOS ANGELES - The news that another actor was cast as vampire hunter Blade came as a surprise to Wesley Snipes, who portrayed the character in three successful films, but he says he's moving on. Marve...

Sep 30, 2019

Collins resigns from Congress ahead of expected guilty plea

NEW YORK - Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican from western New York, submitted his resignation from Congress on Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea in an insider trading case in which he was accused...

Sep 30, 2019