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Wandering horse: Strolling mare causes stir in Frankfurt

FRANKFURT - Not far from the glass and steel towers of Germany's banking capital, a 22-year-old Arabian mare is causing a stir with her languid daily strolls through a Frankfurt neighbourhood. Owner W...

Apr 30, 2019

Netflix announces deal for film about Thailand's cave boys

BANGKOK - Netflix has announced it will join with the production company for the movie Crazy Rich Asians to make a film about last July's dramatic rescue of 12 village boys in northern Thailand who we...

Apr 30, 2019

US workers' compensation rose moderately in 1st quarter

WASHINGTON - Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose 0.7% in the first three months of the year, a modest gain that matched the previous quarter's increase. The data suggests that growth in workers' ...

Apr 30, 2019

TV star Zelenskiy officially named new Ukrainian president

KIEV, Ukraine - Election authorities in Ukraine have officially named TV star and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the country's new president. The Central Election Commission on Tuesday presented the ...

Apr 30, 2019

Venezuela's Guaido in video calls for military uprising

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for a military uprising, in a video shot at a Caracas air base showing him surrounded by soldiers and accompanied by detained a...

Apr 30, 2019

4 German skiers die in avalanche in Switzerland

BERLIN - An avalanche in southern Switzerland has killed four German skiers, police said Sunday. Police in the canton (region) of Valais said the group was buried by the avalanche on Friday near the v...

Apr 30, 2019

No Mass for Sri Lanka's Catholics; no veils for Muslim women

AMPARA, Sri Lanka - The effects of Sri Lanka's Easter suicide bombings reverberated across two faiths Sunday, with Catholics shut out of their churches for fear of new attacks, left with only a televi...

Apr 30, 2019

Seattle college says student was among those killed by crane

SEATTLE - A college freshman was among the four people killed when a construction crane fell from a building and crashed onto one of Seattle's busiest streets, the university said Sunday. Sarah Wong, ...

Apr 30, 2019

Socialists win Spain election, far-right emerges as player

MADRID - Spain's governing centre-left Socialists won the country's election Sunday but must seek backing from smaller parties to maintain power, while a far-right party rode an unprecedented surge of...

Apr 30, 2019

Prince Harry's transformation: The kid's all right

LONDON - Princess Diana's little boy - the red-haired prince with the mischievous smile and his mother's wild streak - is about to become a father. The arrival any day now of Prince Harry's and Americ...

Apr 30, 2019