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North Korean Soldier Held By Seoul After Crossing Land Border
A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said.The...
Nuns, Ex-Satanic Priest Among Seven New Saints Created By Pope Leo
Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian...
UK Police ‘Looking Into’ Claims Prince Andrew Tried To Smear Accuser
British police said Sunday they were probing claims that Prince Andrew asked an officer to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre.The...
Bangladesh Probes Cause Of Massive Airport Fire
Bangladeshi traders on Sunday assessed heavy losses after a devastating fire tore through the cargo complex of the country's main international airport, as the government opened an investigation into...
Crisis-hit Bolivia Looks To The Right For Economic Salvation
Bolivia chooses between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.With...
New Deal Puts Takaichi On Track To Be Japan’s First Woman PM: Reports
Japan's ruling party is set to sign a new coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country's first woman prime minister, media reports...
Colombia Accuses US Of Violating Sovereignty In Strike
Colombia's president accused on Saturday Washington of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a fisherman, shortly after US leader Donald Trump confirmed that US forces carried out another strike...
France’s Ex-president Sarkozy Goes To Jail
France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, becoming the first former head of an EU...
Withering Vines: California Grape Farmers Abandon Fields As Local Wine Struggles
For more than a century, Lodi's grape growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. But rocketing costs, falling demand and competition from imports mean...
China’s Power Paradox: Record Renewables, Continued Coal
Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too.As the top emitter of greenhouse gases, China will...
Brit Gala? British Museum Hosts Met-inspired Fundraising Ball
Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rocker Mick Jagger were among the attendees at the British Museum's inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday, a glitzy event touted by some observers as London's...
Pakistan, Afghanistan Talks Begin In Qatar: Taliban
Pakistani and Afghan officials began talks in Qatar on Saturday to defuse tensions, a senior Taliban official said, after at least 10 Afghanis were killed in Pakistani airstrikes following...