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Paris hits new heat record, London boils in Europe heat wave

PARIS - Hot, hotter, hottest! Paris, London and places across Europe are sweltering under all-time high temperatures or near-record heat Thursday as the second heat wave this summer bakes the continen...

Jul 25, 2019

Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies

BEIJING - The legacy of former Chinese Premier Li Peng is reflected in modern China itself, where extended and broad-based economic growth is inextricably coupled with authoritarian political controls...

Jul 25, 2019

Boris Johnson chosen as new UK leader, now faces Brexit test

LONDON - Boris Johnson, Britain's blustering Brexit campaigner, was chosen as the U.K.'s next prime minister on Tuesday, with a resounding mandate from the Conservative Party but conflicting demands f...

Jul 25, 2019

Avenatti: Trump aims Justice Department at political enemies

NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti told reporters President Donald Trump is the real criminal after the California attorney appeared at a New York hearing on criminal charges he cheated porn star Stormy Dani...

Jul 25, 2019

Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with assault over fight in Sweden

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish prosecutor has charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month. Prosecutor Daniel Suneson said in a statement Thursday that he filed charges against t...

Jul 25, 2019

S. Korea, Russia differ over warning shots fired at jets

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots Tuesday after a Russian military plane twice violated South Korea's airspace off the country's eastern coast, ...

Jul 24, 2019

Pope gives West Virginia diocese new leader after scandal

WHEELING, W.Va. - Pope Francis named Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark Brennan to lead West Virginia's Catholics on Tuesday following a scandal over the former bishop's sexual harassment of adults and l...

Jul 24, 2019

Marvel's next films will bring diversity, onscreen and off

LOS ANGELES - Marvel's push for more women and people of colour in its immensely popular film franchise is extending to behind the camera as it launches its next round of films after the massive succe...

Jul 24, 2019

HBO's 'Dark Materials,' 'Gemstones' both grapple with faith

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - HBO's forthcoming fantasy series "His Dark Materials" and its new televangelist comedy "The Righteous Gemstones" bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple w...

Jul 24, 2019

Bindi Irwin is engaged to marry longtime boyfriend

NEW YORK - Bindi Irwin, the daughter of the late conservationist, Steve Irwin, is getting married. She posted Wednesday on her social media that longtime boyfriend Chandler Powell's proposed on her 21...

Jul 24, 2019