North Korea transfers remains of Korean War soldiers: White House
WASHINGTON/SEOUL – North Korea has transferred 55 cases carrying the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War, the White House said, a first step by Pyongyang to implement an…
Michelle Williams finds love, marries after Heath Ledger death
LOS ANGELES – Actress Michelle Williams has quietly married, telling Vanity Fair magazine she never gave up on love after the death of her partner Heath Ledger 10 years ago.…
‘Blood moon’ to appear for 21st Century’s longest lunar eclipse
A blood moon will appear in the night sky around much of the world this weekend as the moon moves into the shadow of the earth for the longest lunar…
No evidence Islamic State responsible for Toronto attack: police
TORONTO/CAIRO – Canadian police have denied claims by Islamic State that it was responsible for a weekend shooting in Toronto that killed two people and wounded 13. Faisal Hussain, 29,…
Underground lake found on Mars, raising possibility of life
WASHINGTON – Using a radar instrument on an orbiting spacecraft, scientists have spotted what they say appears to be a sizable salt-laden lake under ice on the southern polar plain…
Nineteen dead, more than 3,000 in need of rescue, after Laos dam collapse: media
BANGKOK – Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reports.…
France’s Macron says he bears responsibility for bodyguard crisis
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has told lawmakers from his party he alone is responsible over a top bodyguard filmed assaulting May Day protesters, an incident that has sparked…
Japanese heat wave pushes temperature to record
TOKYO – The temperature rose to a record 41.1 Celsius in a city northwest of Tokyo today, as a heat wave in Japan that has killed at least 23 people…
Afghan vice president Dostum escapes blast on return from exile
KABUL – Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home from more than a year in exile in…
Trump warns Iran to “never, ever threaten” US or suffer consequences
US President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to threaten the United States or face the consequences, hours after Rouhani told Trump that hostile policies toward Tehran…
