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Germany agrees timeline, compensation for coal phase-out

BERLIN - Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the country's efforts to fight climate change, the government said Th...

Jan 18, 2020

US says its pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai sponsored by UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United States said its participation at this year's World's Fair in Dubai is being made possible by "the generosity of the Emirati government." The U.S. State Departm...

Jan 18, 2020

Merkel upbeat over cease-fire pledge ahead of Libya meeting

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed assurances Thursday from Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter that he would stick to a cease-fire as world powers prepare to gather in Berlin for a summit on th...

Jan 18, 2020

Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species

TEL AVIV, Israel - As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway's lesser known legacies - the invasion of hundreds o...

Jan 17, 2020

Officials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano

LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano that erupted last weekend belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered frequently with earthquakes Thursday, prompting authorities to block access to nearby t...

Jan 17, 2020

1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations

TOMALI, Malawi - A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubbo...

Jan 17, 2020

Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees

CANBERRA, Australia - Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefigh...

Jan 17, 2020

Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China

TOKYO - Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the Chinese...

Jan 17, 2020

Buttigieg decision on police chief shadows presidential run

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg. It was March 2012, and the 30-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just decided to replace the city...

Jan 17, 2020

Senate passes US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, a Trump priority

WASHINGTON - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy wi...

Jan 17, 2020