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HAVANA (AFP) ― Cuban President Raul Castro said Saturday he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement, but …

NEW YORK (AP) ― The two New York City police officers who were ambushed and shot to death in their vehicle on Saturday were “quite simply, assassinated,” …

SYDNEY (AP) ― An Australian woman was arrested for murder in the killings of eight children, seven of whom are believed to be her own, police said Saturday. …

Kuujjuarapik, Canada (AFP) ― Word spread quickly: a polar bear, then two, were spotted near this remote Inuit village on the shores of Hudson Bay, about …

TOKYO (AFP) ― Scientists in Japan have developed a sticky sheet of tiny sensors that can be put directly on moving joints, beating hearts or other living …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― After nearing extinction in Europe in the early 20th century because of hunting and shrinking habitats, large carnivores like the gray …

TANJUNG LUAR, Indonesia (AFP) ― Sharks are hauled ashore every day at a busy market on the central Indonesian island of Lombok, the hub of a booming trade …

YARUMAL, Colombia (AFP) ― When John Jairo, a meticulous night watchman, lost his job for leaving all of his employer’s doors open, his family knew they …

MADRID (AFP) ― On Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Via, a toy store that has sold handmade dolls since it opened in 1942 just after Spain’s Civil …

LONDON (AP) ― Mandy Rice-Davies, a key figure in the “Profumo Affair,” a sex-and-politics scandal that rocked Cold War Britain, has died at age 70. Her …