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R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo

CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...

Jan 11, 2020

Pope warns of risks from US-Iran tensions in policy speech

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned Thursday that increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran are setting the stage for a broader conflict in the Mideast while jeopardizing efforts to rebuild Iraq. F...

Jan 11, 2020

Lebanon issues travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Ghosn

BEIRUT - Lebanese prosecutors issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport on Thursday, following an Interpol-issued notice against him, a...

Jan 11, 2020

France sees more nationwide protests of pension changes

PARIS - French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a fourth day of nationwide protests and strikes Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension...

Jan 11, 2020

With 'Megxit,' Harry and Meghan aim to control media image

The relationship between Britain's royals and the media is awkward, mistrustful - and seemingly inescapable. But now Meghan and Harry want out. After years of growing tension with the press, the princ...

Jan 11, 2020

Fugitive Ghosn brings global attention to Japanese justice

TOKYO - Though former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is unlikely to stand trial in a real court, he has made himself a key witness in putting Japan's justice system on trial. In his first public appeara...

Jan 11, 2020

Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Saturday acknowledged that its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had r...

Jan 11, 2020

Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare

WASHINGTON - It is "highly likely" that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials decl...

Jan 10, 2020

Soaring pork prices keep China's inflation at 7-year high

BEIJING - Soaring pork prices that nearly doubled in December over a year ago kept inflation at a seven-year high despite government efforts to ease meat shortages caused by a disease outbreak, offici...

Jan 10, 2020

Chinese report says illnesses may be from new coronavirus

BEIJING - A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of coronavirus, state media said Thu...

Jan 10, 2020