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FBI lawyer investigated over altered Russia probe document

WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer is being investigated for allegedly altering a document related to surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. That's according to a person familiar with the cas...

Nov 22, 2019

TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "There's nothing I believe more than this, that laughter adds time to one's life," Norman Lear told an audience gathered to honour him and other four other television comedy gr...

Nov 22, 2019

In reversal, Seoul to keep Japan military intelligence pact

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major policy reversal, South Korea said Friday it has decided to continue a 2016 military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan that it previously said it would te...

Nov 22, 2019

Thai court removes pro-democracy politician from Parliament

BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a popular pro-democracy opposition leader violated election laws and cannot keep his seat in Parliament. The court said Thanathorn Juangr...

Nov 22, 2019

Emirates opts for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in revised deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East's biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion. The order...

Nov 21, 2019

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

BANGKOK - Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, part of a mission to boost the morale of those countries' tiny minority Catholic communities and speak abo...

Nov 21, 2019

Man found guilty of murdering British tourist in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane. Millane died last December on her birthday after meeting a m...

Nov 21, 2019

Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen

Hong Kong schools reopened Wednesday after a six-day shutdown, but students and commuters faced transit disruptions as the last anti-government protesters remained holed up on a university campus, sur...

Nov 21, 2019

US agency to consider expanded drilling in Alaska reserve

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration will consider a new management plan and expanded oil drilling for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an Indiana-size area that former Interior Secretar...

Nov 21, 2019

How GM ended up suing its crosstown rival

DETROIT - Automakers sue each other on occasion, but no one in Detroit can remember one accusing another of bribing union officials to get an unfair labour cost advantage. Yet that's what happened Wed...

Nov 21, 2019