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UN judges increase sentence for Bosnian ex-leader to life

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednes...

Mar 22, 2019

Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case

BRUSSELS - Europe's antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for freezi...

Mar 22, 2019

North Korea abruptly withdraws staff from liaison office

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea abruptly withdrew its staff from a liaison office with South Korea on Friday, a development that is likely to put a damper on ties between the countries and fur...

Mar 22, 2019

Cleanup underway after fire at Texas petrochemicals facility

HOUSTON - Crews on Wednesday extinguished a fire that had burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility and led to concerns about air quality among some residents and environmental...

Mar 22, 2019

UK's May asks a wary EU to delay Brexit until June 30

LONDON - Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, askin...

Mar 22, 2019

New Zealand observes Muslim prayer after mosque attacks

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - People across New Zealand are observing the Muslim call to prayer as the nation reflects on the moment one week ago when 50 people were slaughtered at two mosques. Prime Mi...

Mar 21, 2019

Jay-Z, Dead & Co, the Killers to perform at Woodstock 50

NEW YORK - Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers will headline one of the 50th anniversary shows commemorating the groundbreaking Woodstock festival this summer. Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang ...

Mar 21, 2019

Trump blames Fed for holding back economic growth in 2018

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says the economy would have grown much faster last year if the Federal Reserve had not been tightening credit last year. In a broadcast interview, Trump said withou...

Mar 21, 2019

No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility

HOUSTON - Officials said Tuesday that they're not sure when a fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is safe, despite ...

Mar 21, 2019

'Thrones' actress Emilia Clarke says she's had 2 aneurysms

NEW YORK - "Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke revealed Thursday that she has had two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries, since the show began. An unknown actress before landing t...

Mar 21, 2019