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Honda Motor’s aviation subsidiary Honda Aircraft’s first production HondaJet during a test flight at Greensboro, North Carolina. (AFP-Yonhap) TOKYO (AFP) …

Chinese banking regulator Li Jianhua literally worked himself to death. After 26 years of “always putting the cause of the party and the people” first, his …

BRUSSELS (AP) ― European Union leaders on Friday picked former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the bloc’s new chief executive …

KIEV (AFP) ― Ukraine’s new president has enlisted support from the leaders of Germany and France for a call on Sunday to Vladimir Putin as a cease-fire …

BEIJING (AFP) ― President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is incapable of “hegemony or militarism,” after calling for stronger border defenses to …

Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou. (AFP-Yonhap) BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― Argentina’s Vice President Amado Boudou has been charged with bribery and …

BAGHDAD (AP) ― Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, one of two …

Swedish Prince Carl Philip (right) and Sofia Hellqvist announce their engagement at a press conference at The Stockholm Palace in Stockholm on Friday. (AP) …

MARSEILLE (AFP) ― The son-in-law of a Monaco heiress gunned down in a Mafia-style killing has been charged with her murder and paid hitmen for the brazen …

SANTIAGO (AFP) ― Britain’s Prince Harry, on an official visit to Chile, toured fire-ravaged areas of the port city of Valparaiso Saturday, and met with …