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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Carrie Lam leave after administered the oath for a five-year term in office at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in 2017. Photo: Kin Cheung/ AP.

China’s Xi Promises Market Opening as Import Fair Begins

SHANGHAI — President Xi Jinping promised Monday to open China wider to imports as he opened a high-profile trade fair meant to rebrand the...
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrives Thursday at Moscow's Government Vnukovo airport for an official visit to Russia. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press

Cuban President Meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel – both hoping to get out from under U.S. economic...
Harvey Rosenfeld attends a Democratic party rally Saturday in West Palm Beach, Florida, bedecked in a red, white and blue outfit topped with an Uncle Sam hat and had a sign around his neck reading, “Be Patriotic, Respect Democracy, Honor America.” The 68-year-old retired publicist said he had been a Republican for 30 years until its stances against abortion rights and gay rights drove him away. Photo: Terry Spencer / Associated Press

Anxious US Politicians and Volunteers Make Final Push

TEMPE, Arizona — The Republican, Rep. Martha McSally, wore a maroon and gold Arizona State University T-shirt and jeans as she belted out the...
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Woman Fought With Driver Before Bus Fell in China River (Video)

BEIJING — Police say a brawl between a passenger and a bus driver was the cause of the bus plunging off a bridge in...
An undated photo of Julius Trotter, 31. Photo: Associated Press

Death Penalty Possible in Killing of Vietnamese Tour Leaders

LAS VEGAS — A convicted felon who was on probation when police say he entered a Las Vegas Strip hotel room, killing two Vietnamese...
Syrian refugees sleep inside a train as they travel across Macedonia to Serbia. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev via Exodus-deja vu

56,800 Migrants Dead and Missing: ‘They Are Human Beings’

JOHANNESBURG — One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South...
Buddhist Monks pay their respects Wednesday at at Leicester City Football Club in Leicester, England. Photo: Mike Egerton / Associated Press

Leicester Coach Says Score ‘Not Important’ for Saturday Game

LEICESTER, England — Leicester manager Claude Puel says the result of his team's Premier League match at Cardiff "is not important" as the players...
This undated photo shows a girl in a slum in India. Photo: Max Pixel

UN Finds 486 Million in Asia Still Hungry, Progress Stalled

BANGKOK — Despite rapid economic growth, the Asia-Pacific region has nearly a half billion people who go hungry as progress stalls in improving food...
Indian policemen gather next to the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya colony Wednesday in Gujarat state, India. Photo: Ajit Solanki / Associated Press

New ‘Iron Man of India’ Statue is Among World’s Tallest

KEVADIYA, India — India's prime minister on Wednesday unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, a key independence leader and the country's...
An undated image of Asia Bibi. Image: Catholictvpakistan / YouTube

Pakistan Acquits Christian Woman Facing Death for Blasphemy

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, a landmark ruling...

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