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People watch from inside the building as urban climber dubbed the French Spiderman, Alain Robert scales the outside of Heron Tower building in the City of London, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Heron Tower is over 200 metres Photo: Frank Augstein / Associated Press

‘French Spiderman’ Barred From Climbing UK Buildings

LONDON — French urban climber Alain Robert has been banned from climbing any building in Britain after scaling one of London's tallest skyscrapers without...
In this photo taken Saturday, June 2, 2018, a resident walks past a government billboard citing core values of the Communist Party near a church in the city of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan province. Photo: Ng Han Guan / Associated Press

Woman With Knife Injures 14 Children at Western China School

BEIJING — A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, police reported. The attacker,...

Man Held in Case of Pipe Bombs Targeting Trump Critics

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages,...
South Korean protesters hold banners during a September rally against the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press

South Korean War on ‘Fake News’ Raises Concern of Censorship

SEOUL, South Korea — While governments around the world ponder how to deal with the explosion of "fake news," South Korea has come out...
Detained patients lie on beds in August in the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Desmond Tiro / Associated Press

Hospitals Imprison Patients in Thailand, Kenya, Congo, China

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyatta National Hospital is east Africa's biggest medical institution, home to more than a dozen donor-funded projects with international partners –...
Borey Ai poses for a photo Tuesday outside of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco, California. Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press

Cambodian Refugee Who Killed as 14-Year-Old Seeks Pardon

SACRAMENTO, California — By his own account, Borey Ai was a 14-year-old gangster when he killed a woman during a robbery that netted about...
Bill and Hillary Clinton stand in the driveway of their new home in Chappaqua, New York, in a file photo. Photo: Associated Press

Bomb Found at Clintons’ New York Home: US Official

WASHINGTON — A U.S. official says a "functional explosive device" was found at Hillary and Bill Clinton's suburban New York home.
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Rome Escalator Accident Injures 20 Russian Soccer Fans (Video)

ROME — At least 20 people were injured when an escalator in the Rome metropolitan system collapsed Tuesday night. A video shown on Sky TG24...
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in 2017 during a joint statement to members of the media Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photo: Andrew Harnik / Associated Press

Acrimony Over Trade, Politics Sinking China-US Ties Further

BEIJING — "Both ignorant and malicious" was how the official China Daily newspaper recently described comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, offering...
US President Donald Trump speaks in 2017 at a campaign rally in support of Sen. Luther Strange, in Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: Brynn Anderson / Associated Press

Trump: Khashoggi Killing is ‘The Worst Cover-up Ever’

ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump is criticizing the Saudi operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it one of the "worst cover-ups in...

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