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ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift
BANGKOK - Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one leader warning it may ...
Jun 23, 2019
Climate activists block German mine despite orders to leave
BERLIN - Hundreds of climate activists are keeping up their protest inside one of Germany's biggest open-pit mines despite police orders to leave the place immediately, citing life-threatening danger....
Jun 23, 2019
Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country's military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said Sunday. The f...
Jun 23, 2019
Bikers, military vets mourn 7 killed in rural highway crash
RANDOLPH, N.H. - Motorcyclists and military veterans mourned Sunday as authorities sought help in determining why a pickup truck collided with a group of bikers on a rural highway, killing seven of th...
Jun 23, 2019
Family says Hawaii crash victim was adventurer, full of life
HONOLULU - Casey Williamson's love of adventure led him to winter snowboarding in Vail, Colorado, and summer skydiving in Moab, Utah. A year-and-a-half ago, he found his way to Hawaii, where he could ...
Jun 23, 2019
Turkey's Erdogan faces challenge in Istanbul poll
ISTANBUL - Voters in Istanbul returned to the polls Sunday for a re-run mayoral election ordered up by authorities after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his political allies lost control of Turkey'...
Jun 23, 2019
North Korea says Kim receives 'excellent' letter from Trump
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an "excellent" letter, the North's state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would "seriou...
Jun 23, 2019
At least 30 dead in fire at Indonesia home used as factory
MEDAN, Indonesia - At least 30 people including children were killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match factory in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, a disaster official sai...
Jun 23, 2019
US agency seeks 'hosts' for rotting whales amid die-off
PORTLAND, Ore. - So many gray whales are dying off the U.S. West Coast that scientists and volunteers dealing with the putrid carcasses have an urgent request for coastal residents: Lend us your priva...
Jun 23, 2019
Airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US military drone
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Airlines rerouted flights Friday to avoid airspace near the Strait of Hormuz after Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone there and American aviation officials...
Jun 22, 2019
