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Trump claims China tariffs help US, trade talks 'congenial'

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says trade talks between China and the U.S. are continuing in a "very congenial manner" despite new tariffs the U.S. imposed Friday on $200 billion in Chinese impor...

May 10, 2019

Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison

LONDON - Tired but beaming, new parents Meghan and Prince Harry presented their 2-day-old son to the world as he slumbered Wednesday and also revealed his name: Archie. The royal couple, known as the ...

May 10, 2019

Taliban attack aid group office in Afghan capital, kills 5

KABUL - Taliban fighters attacked the offices of a U.S.-based aid organization in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion and battling security forces in an assault that lasted m...

May 10, 2019

Suicide bombing outside Pakistan shrine kills 10

LAHORE, Pakistan - A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others, police ...

May 10, 2019

Pakistani woman acquitted of blasphemy headed to Canada

ISLAMABAD - A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, but who still faced death threats from Islamic extremists upon her release, flew to Canada on ...

May 10, 2019

Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran threatened Wednesday to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal, raising region...

May 09, 2019

South Africa votes with corruption, jobs as big issues

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans voted Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections, with signs of a relatively low turnout and voters saying they were disillusioned by widespread corruption and...

May 09, 2019

Buttigieg sells out fundraiser at iconic Hollywood gay bar

LOS ANGELES - Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) drew a sold-out crowd to a fundraiser at an iconic West Hollywood gay bar, providing an intimate moment with the first Democratic White House contender who...

May 09, 2019

Woodstock 50 concert organizers sue investor that backed out

NEW YORK - A dispute over whether the Woodstock 50 festival will go on has spiraled into a court fight, with organizers suing and at least temporarily silencing a former investor that sought to call o...

May 09, 2019

Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from a northern Virginia jail after a two-month stay for refusing to testify to a grand jury. Manning was release...

May 09, 2019