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A woman stand by the bed of a child receiving treatment for dengue at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu / AP

Bangladesh Grapples With Country’s Worst Dengue Outbreak

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh is facing its worst-ever dengue fever outbreak as hospitals are flooded with patients, putting a severe strain on the country's...
In this photo taken on Saturday, July 27, 2019, Inga Kudracheva screams as her boyfriend Boris Kantorovich lies atop her while police try to detain him during an unsanctioned protest in Moscow. Images of the young couple have been spread on social media. They say the crackdown by police has left them shaken but with their resolve strengthened. Photo: Denis Sinyakov / AP

Moscow Couple Shaken but Defiant After Police Crackdown

MOSCOW — The young woman screamed as her boyfriend lay atop her, absorbing the blows of a helmeted riot policeman. It's one of the indelible...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Pompeo is heading to Thailand, Australia, and Micronesia. Photo: Jonathan Ernst / Pool Photo via AP

Pompeo ‘Very Hopeful’ US-North Korea Talks Will Resume Soon

BANGKOK — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he's very hopeful for a quick resumption in nuclear talks with North Korea despite...
US soldiers of the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment fire mortars from their Stryker during crew certification in May 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Photo: Jason Kaye

Thailand to Purchase 60 Strykers from US

BANGKOK — Thailand is set to be the first foreign buyer of US-built Stryker tanks after a purchase was approved by the US. The US...
Officials inspect some of the 217 pangolins seized on February 2016 in Ratchaburi. Photo: Matichon. Right, Four pangolins are seized on June 2018 at the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Rai.

Southeast Asia a Hub of Illegal Wildlife and Timber Trade: UN

BANGKOK — Despite a continued crackdown on perpetrators, Southeast Asia is becoming an even more prominent hub of illegal wildlife and timber trade, a...
This April 27, 2019 file photo shows Katy Perry at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Photo: Amy Harris / Invision / AP, File

Jury: Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Copied Christian Rap Song

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song in a...
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Wife Defends Father in Deaths of Twins He Left in Hot Car

NEW YORK — A mother is defending her husband in the deaths of infant twins he left in a hot car in New York...

Leonardo di Caprio Thanks Thai Authorities for Rebounding Tiger Numbers

UTHAI THANI — When the lead actor of wilderness survival film “Revenant” tells you your government is doing okay helping tigers, then it’s a...
King Rama X with royal noble consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, left, on July 28, 2019.

Rama X Names First Royal Consort in Almost a Century

BANGKOK — King Rama X has bestowed a major-general the title of Royal Noble Consort, the first instance of the title being handed down...
FBI personnel pass a ticket booth at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Monday, July 29, 2019 in Calif., the morning after a gunman killed at least three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding about 15 others. Photo: Noah Berger / AP

Gunman Posted Online Minutes Before Killing 3 at Festival

GILROY, Calif. — Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his California hometown, he urged his Instagram followers to...

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