Death toll from New Zealand volcano eruption rises to 19
NICK PERRY
Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death toll from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand has risen to 19 after police...
Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust
THOMAS ADAMSON
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — It took a blaze that nearly destroyed Paris' most famous cathedral to reveal a gap in global safety...
Tesco halts work at Chinese factory over prison labor claim
GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco said it halted production at a factory in China on Sunday after a...
Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from...
Race for Croatia’s presidency goes to runoff election
JOVANA GEC
Associated Press
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's conservative president will face a liberal former prime minister in a runoff election after no candidate...
Banksy takes politically charged Nativity scene to Bethlehem
MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH
Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The mysterious street artist known as Banksy has displayed a politically charged Nativity scene in Bethlehem,...
UK charges US diplomat’s wife over teen’s death in crash
JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed...
What crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives
MARIA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — The heavy-set man swept through a curtain into the reserved area of a...
It’s sizzling: Australia experiences hottest day on record
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most of...
Macron, under pressure, mulling changes to pension plan
SYLVIE CORBETÂ
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to make changes to his unpopular pension reform plans, an official said Wednesday,...