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President elect Nayib Bukele of the Grand Alliance for National Unity waves while accompanied by his wife Gabriela before giving a press conference Sunday in San Salvador, El Salvador. Photo: Moises Castillo / Associated Press

El Salvador Elects Young Mayor President, Vows to End Corruption

A youthful former mayor of the capital easily won El Salvador's presidency, getting more votes than his three rivals combined to usher out the two parties that dominated politics for a quarter century in the crime-plagued Central America nation.
Zoo keepers take DNA samples from female orangutan cub Padma to determine her paternity Thursday at the Basel Zoo. Photo: Zoo Basel via AP

Who’s Your Daddy? Paternity Test Reveals Monkey Business at Zoo

A paternity test on a baby orangutan has come back with a surprising result.
New England Patriots' Julian Edelman (11) runs the ball ahead of Los Angeles Rams' Cory Littleton (58) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game on Sunday in Atlanta. Photo: Jeff Roberson / Associated Press

Patriots Beat Rams 13-3 in Lowest Scoring Super Bowl Ever

ATLANTA — Defenses dominated what was supposed to be a super shootout, until Tom Brady led one classic drive to win the New England...
Pope Francis celebrates Mass with members of religious institutions Saturday on the occasion of the celebration of the XXIII world day of consecrated life in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Photo: Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press

Pope Seeks Dialogue on First Papal Trip to Arabian Peninsula

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while also ministering to a unique, thriving island of Catholicism...

Happy Pig Year: Travel Rush Begins in China

BEIJING — China is greeting next week’s Lunar New Year with celebrations and a travel rush that will see an estimated 3 billion trips by people around the country.
A customs official displays one of 136 seized illegal pangolins at a 2017 news conference at the Customs Department headquarters in Bangkok. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press

Hong Kong Makes Record Seizure of Pangolin Scales, Ivory

HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted a record 8.3 tons of pangolin scales and hundreds of elephant tusks worth more than...
A mourner with a portrait of the deceased Kim Bok-dong, a former South Korean sex slave, marches toward the Japanese Embassy during her funeral ceremony Friday in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press

Woman Enslaved by Japan’s Military Mourned Near Protest Site

SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul for the funeral of a South Korean woman forced...
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to Say When, Where He’ll Hold 2nd North Korean Summit

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he will likely announce the site and date of a second summit with North Korean leader Kim...
This undated photo shows demonstrators holding up banners calling for the release of Hakeem Al-Araibi. Photo: Wanmai Phanomvan / Facebook

Australian Rallies Call for Thais to Free Bahraini Refugee

SYDNEY — Scores of demonstrators have rallied in Australia's two largest cities to demand that Thailand release a detained Bahraini football player who has...
The logo for Facebook appears in March 2018 on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Photo: Richard Drew / Associated Press

Facebook Removes 783 Fake Pages, Accounts Tied to Iran

NEW YORK — Facebook says it has removed 783 Iran-linked pages, accounts and groups from its service for what it calls "coordinated inauthentic behavior."...

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