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Moscow court orders new study in theatre director's case

MOSCOW - A court in Moscow has commissioned a new expert study in the case of an acclaimed theatre and film director accused of embezzlement, and adjourned the hearings for two months. The court on Mo...

Apr 15, 2019

Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington t...

Apr 15, 2019

Malta: 4 EU nations will take in 64 migrants from aid ship

VALLETTA, Malta - Ending another European standoff over immigration, Malta on Saturday announced a deal to distribute 64 migrants rescued at sea off Libya 10 days ago among four European Union nations...

Apr 15, 2019

Phoenix man accused of killing 4, including wife and 2 kids

PHOENIX - A Phoenix man who thought his wife was having an affair killed her, two of their young daughters and a man, police said Friday. Austin Smith was booked on suspicion of four counts of first-d...

Apr 14, 2019

Removal of fuel in pool at Fukushima's melted reactor begins

TOKYO - The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time is removing fuel from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in the d...

Apr 14, 2019

Trump campaign to report $30 million haul

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, accordi...

Apr 14, 2019

Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange

CARACAS, Venezuela - An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment...

Apr 14, 2019

Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal

NEW YORK - Woody Allen breached his four-movie deal with the online giant by making statements about the #MeToo movement that damaged prospects for promoting his films, an Amazon lawyer said Friday. A...

Apr 14, 2019

Assange arrest leads to interest in book of Vidal interviews

NEW YORK - The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made a book of interviews with Gore Vidal an unexpected bestseller. Assange was carrying a copy of "Gore Vidal: History of the National Se...

Apr 14, 2019

Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant

MADRID - Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a U.S. drug warrant a few weeks after he threw his support behind opponents of President Nicolas Madur...

Apr 14, 2019