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After N. Korea cuts ties, Malaysia orders its diplomats out
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia on Friday ordered all North Korean diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, an escalation of a diplomatic spat over Malaysia's move to extradite a North Korean...
Mar 20, 2021
Attacked spas had been targeted by prostitution stings
ATLANTA - Two Atlanta area massage businesses where a gunman waged a deadly assault this week had been repeatedly targeted in police prostitution investigations over the years, raising questions about...
Mar 20, 2021
Long dormant volcano comes to life in southwestern Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A long dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life Friday night, spilling lava down two sides in that area's first volcanic eruption in nearl...
Mar 20, 2021
US, China wrap up testy 1st face-to-face talks under Biden
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Top U.S. and Chinese officials wrapped up two days of contentious talks in Alaska on Friday after trading sharp and unusually public barbs over vastly different views of each other...
Mar 20, 2021
Critics of Brazil's president being targeted by security law
SAO PAULO - Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and activists rally to provide them with legal h...
Mar 20, 2021
India, US to expand military engagement, defence ties
NEW DELHI - Top defence officials from India and the United States pledged Saturday to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defence ties between two countries concerned ove...
Mar 20, 2021
Striking Myanmar rail workers move out as protests continue
MANDALAY, Myanmar - Residents of Myanmar's second-biggest city helped striking railway workers move out of their state-supplied housing Saturday after the authorities said they would have to leave if ...
Mar 20, 2021
UN says no international staff left in North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A U.N. spokesman said the world body in North Korea has been left with no international staff, who are now working remotely. Despite claiming to be coronavirus free, North ...
Mar 20, 2021
Singh commits to cancel up to $20,000 in tuition in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is renewing his pitch to young voters, pledging that an NDP government would cancel up to $20,000 in tuition. Singh says that, if elected, he would also free...
Mar 20, 2021
Psychiatrists more open to MAID for people with mental illnesses, survey finds
OTTAWA - Canadian psychiatrists' attitude toward medical assistance in dying for people with mental illnesses appears to have undergone a sea change over the past five years. When Canada first legaliz...
Mar 20, 2021