'World's oldest man' dies in Japan at 113

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TOKYO–"World's oldest man" Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said.  Nonaka...

21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy

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BOGOTA– Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were...

Trump grounds House speaker, scraps Davos trip amid shutdown

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WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump forced the cancellation Thursday of a trip to Afghanistan by his Democratic opponent Nancy Pelosi, and scrapped administration officials' travel to the Davos forum as...

Sudan protests rumble on as Bashir remains defiant

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KHARTOUM –One month after protests erupted across Sudan against rising bread prices, anti-government demonstrations have turned into daily rallies against a defiant President Omar al-Bashir who has rejected calls to...

Greek PM wins confidence vote after Macedonia name row

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ATHENS–Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday survived a confidence vote after a row over a landmark name deal with Macedonia sunk his four-year coalition.  A total of...

UK PM May survives confidence vote after Brexit humiliation

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LONDON– British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday narrowly survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before the UK leaves the European...

US peace envoy in Pakistan seeking end to 17-year Afghan war

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ISLAMABAD– Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Pakistan on the last leg of his regional tour aimed at finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war, which will allow...

British PM faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation

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LONDON– Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday face a confidence vote after MPs overwhelmingly rejected her deal to leave the European Union, leaving Britain with no plan as it...

15 killed in ongoing Islamist attack on Kenya hotel complex

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NAIROBI– Fifteen people have died in an Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said Wednesday, as fresh explosions and gunfire rang out in the...

5.9 quake hits S. Philippines, no damage expected

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DAVAO CITY, the Philippines– A moderate magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit the southern Philippines early on Wednesday morning, but no damage was expected, state seismologists said.  The tectonic quake jolted...

Syria Kurds reject 'security zone' under Turkish control

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QAMISHLI, Syria–Syria's Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries' border.  Senior political leader...

Henan lifts over one million out of poverty in 2018

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ZHENGZHOU–Central China's Henan Province lifted more than 1.2 million people out of poverty last year, with its poverty headcount ratio dropping from 2.57 percent in 2017 to 1.21 percent, local...

Iran satellite in US row fails to reach orbit

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TEHRAN– Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States as a breach of a UN resolution on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, the telecommunications minister said.  ...

Boko Haram attacks military base in Nigeria

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KANO, Nigeria– Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, setting fire to shelters for those made homeless by the conflict, military and humanitarian sources told AFP...

Drone attack kills 8 militants including Taliban key commander in N. Afghanistan

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PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan– Eight militants including a key Taliban commander, Qari Assadullah, were confirmed dead as an unmanned plane struck a Taliban hideout in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of northern Afghan Baghlan province...