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Maligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala
The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.The dinner, while still as...
Austria Trials DNA Testing To Uncover Honey Fraud
At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition -- and in some cases to...
Trump Trade War Pushes Firms To Consider Stockpiling
Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position of the Trump administration, companies are finding that it isn't so straightforward...
Chinese Tea Hub Branches Into Coffee As Tastes Change
At a mountainside cafe in southwestern China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region's traditional drink.For centuries,...
Continuity Or Rupture: What Direction For The Next Pope?
For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new...
Diplomacy Likely To Trump Geography In Choice Of New Pope
Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.Some hope his successor,...
Buenos Aires Farewells Native Pontiff With Tears And Calls To Action
With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday.As the 88-year-old was being laid to rest an ocean...
Just Stop Oil Activist Group Holds Final March
British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil held its final demonstration in London on Saturday, ending three years of high-profile climate protest stunts as they moved their focus away...
Syria’s Kurds Demand ‘Democratic Decentralised’ Syria
Syria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria with guarantees for Kurdish rights.Their statement came at the end of...
Canada Leaders Make Final Pitches In Campaign Upended By Trump
Canadian leaders campaigned in battleground districts Saturday, two days before a vote electrified by US President Donald Trump's threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favored after assuring voters he...
