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LONDON - Getting anywhere on the planet in under an hour - one of the more intriguing possibilities that Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator, raised as he unveiled plans for a new rocket. Musk said t...

KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Bali’s gently lowing cows, prized for their hardiness and doe-like temperament, won’t become victims of the tropical island’s menacing Mount Agung volcano if ...

MIAMI - Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee has pledged $1 million to Hurricane Maria relief efforts on his native island. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and lives there full time. His real name i...

BOSTON - Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has been honoured in Boston by a sexual assault legal defence group. The Victim Rights Law Center presented its 2017 Leadership Award to the renowned author, jour...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - The second of two Wisconsin girls charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress horror character Slender Man will plead guilty in a deal that will send her to a state mental...

BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday...

The U.N. Security Council’s first open meeting on Myanmar in eight years highlighted the body’s deep divisions: China and Russia supported the Southeast Asian country’s government wh...

STAVANGER, Norway - The Nobel Peace Prize does more than recognize the past achievements of individuals. By honouring causes and movements, the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee often is encouragi...

RICHMOND, Va. - The developers of a disputed natural gas pipeline on the U.S. East Coast are considering a major expansion of the project into South Carolina, according to remarks made by an energy co...

TOKYO - A surge of popularity for a freshly minted opposition party in Japan is making Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election look riskier than initially thought. Abe disso...