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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Nestled in President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul aspects of the U.S. immigration system are tweaks to rules for high-skilled workers …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday. In a new report on the …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola ― a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in …

VATICAN CITY (AP) ― Pope Francis canonized six new saints Sunday, including a priest and a nun from the Indian state of Kerala, in a packed ceremony in St. …

LILLE, France (AFP) ― A man with Down’s syndrome in France got truckloads of cards ― some 30,000 from around the world ― for his 30th birthday, after …

People view the damage on Sunday after a strong earthquake hit Hakuba, Nagano prefecture, central Japan, the night before, destroying more than half a dozen …

WASHINGTON ― When President Barack Obama unveiled his immigration plan and Republican rivals howled their disapproval, the drama signaled not just a clash …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Facebook’s move to fulfill its ambition to be the personal “newspaper” for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more woes for …

BEIJING (AFP) ― A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck China’s southwestern province of Sichuan on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with Chinese state …

TOKYO (AP) ― Helicopter surveys on Sunday showed more extensive damage than earlier thought from an overnight earthquake in the mountainous central Japan …