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Trump breaks with Abe, says not bothered by NK missile tests
TOKYO - President Donald Trump said Monday he is not "personally" bothered by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ...
May 27, 2019
Officials: Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, 4 police
KABUL - A roadside bombing claimed by the Taliban killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country's west while insurgent attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four policemen, local o...
May 27, 2019
Green wave: Europe wakes up to climate concerns after vote
BERLIN - Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere were celebrating big gains in elections for the bloc's 751-seat European Parliament amid growing voter concerns over climate change, ex...
May 27, 2019
Baghdad court sentences another French IS member to death
BAGHDAD - A Baghdad court on Monday sentenced another former French fighter with the Islamic State group to death - the fourth Frenchman to get the capital punishment so far in Iraq - and postponed th...
May 27, 2019
North Korea calls Bolton 'war monger' over missile comment
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a "war monger" and "human defect" after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a v...
May 27, 2019
Police hunt suspect after explosion in French city of Lyon
LYON, France - French police on Saturday hunted a suspect believed to have deposited a paper bag containing a device that exploded Friday, wounding 13 people on a busy pedestrian street in the city of...
May 27, 2019
Trump opens state visit, needles Japan over trade issues
TOKYO - President Donald Trump opened a state visit to Japan on Saturday by needling the American ally over its trade imbalance with the United States. "Maybe that's why you like me so much," he joshe...
May 27, 2019
Feds lay out proposed new rules for voice, video recorders in locomotives
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have laid out their proposal for rules around voice and data recorders on locomotives, specifying when companies can use the devices to address safety concerns and h...
May 27, 2019
Greens call for ban on foreign oil imports, using Alberta oil instead
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada to stop burning f...
May 27, 2019
Fiat Chrysler proposes merger with French carmaker Renault
PARIS - Fiat Chrysler on Monday proposed a merger with France's Renault, in a deal that would create the world's third-biggest automaker and save billions needed to invest in the race to make new elec...
May 27, 2019