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Domingo to sing at 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival

Plcido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)" next summer as part of the 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival, which features 221 p...

Nov 13, 2019

Myanmar accused at UN court of genocide against Rohingya

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Myanmar was accused Monday of genocide at the U.N.'s highest court for its campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, as lawyers asked the International Court of...

Nov 13, 2019

Turkey starts returning IS fighters; deports US national

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Monday deported citizens of the United States and Denmark who fought for the Islamic State and made plans to expel other foreign nationals as the government began a new push...

Nov 13, 2019

Israeli strikes kill 2 Gaza militants; death toll now at 12

JERUSALEM - Gaza officials say new Israel airstrikes have killed two militants, raising the death toll to 12 since the latest escalation erupted. The Islamic Jihad says two of its fighters were target...

Nov 12, 2019

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

BOSTON - A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourt...

Nov 12, 2019

USC campus left shaken by 9 student deaths since August

LOS ANGELES - The first death occurred in late August, two days before classes began, when an incoming freshman was struck by a car while walking on a freeway near the University of Southern Californi...

Nov 12, 2019

Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings

NEW YORK - For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeac...

Nov 12, 2019

Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire

HONG KONG - Following a day of violence in which one person was shot by police and another set on fire, Hong Kong's leader pledged Monday to "spare no effort" to halt anti-government protests that hav...

Nov 12, 2019

Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public

WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...

Nov 12, 2019

Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country's interim president after Evo Morales fled ...

Nov 12, 2019