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China's Xi unveils new leaders but no obvious successor
BEIJING - China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday elevated five new officials to assist President Xi Jinping as he embarks on a second five-year term, and by stopping short of designating an...
Oct 25, 2017
US Ambassador Brown accepts advice after conduct complaint
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown told a New Zealand website Wednesday that he accepted advice that he should be more culturally aware after a U.S. inquiry into his conduct at a Pe...
Oct 25, 2017
Refugee advocates denounce Trump's latest order
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on refugees is, in effect, a continuation of his ban on a majority of applicants, according to refugee advocates. They say the contin...
Oct 25, 2017
Catalan VP says Spain 'gives us no option' but to secede
BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish authorities are leaving separatists in Catalonia with “no other option” but to push ahead with declaring independence for the wealthy northeastern region, its vi...
Oct 25, 2017
Vietnam jails student activist for anti-state propaganda
HANOI, Vietnam - A court in northern Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced a student activist to six years in prison for using social media to promote a multiparty system and press freedom amid a heightened ...
Oct 25, 2017
British man convicted in Germany for decades-old IRA attack
BERLIN - A 48-year-old from Northern Ireland has been convicted in Germany of attempted murder for participating in an Irish Republican Army attack on a British barracks in the northwestern city of Os...
Oct 25, 2017
Thailand grieves in elaborate final goodbye to King Bhumibol
BANGKOK - Grieving Thais clad in black mourned on Bangkok’s streets or at viewing areas around the nation Thursday as elaborate funeral ceremonies were held for King Bhumibol Adulyadej followed ...
Oct 25, 2017
Trump readies opioid plan, but some worry it won't be enough
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency finally arrives this week, but some advocates are worried that it won’t be b...
Oct 25, 2017
Companies in Ukraine, Russia come under new cyberattack
MOSCOW - A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital’s subway and at some independent Russian media. The Odesa international airport ...
Oct 25, 2017
Turkish court frees 8 activists from jail pending verdicts
ISTANBUL - A court in Istanbul on Wednesday ordered eight human rights activists released from prison pending the outcome of their trial on charges of belonging to and aiding terror groups. The defend...
Oct 25, 2017