WASHINGTON - Amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, US President Donald Trump is pursuing a policy somewhat like his predecessor Barack Obama, albeit one that is more direct,US experts said.
PARIS - The modernist architect I.M. Pei, who was once pilloried for plonking a glass pyramid into the courtyard of the Louvre, turns 100 on Wednesday with his controversial creation now an icon of the French capital.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the United States record on Monday for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump.
PARIS - A moth caterpillar commonly bred to provide fish bait feasts on a notoriously resistant plastic, scientists reported on Monday, raising hopes the creature can help in the fight against pollution.
VIENNA - The psychedelic clouds in Edvard Munch's iconic The Scream have alternatively been interpreted as a metaphor for mental anguish or a literal depiction of volcanic fallout.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - When Logan Snyder got hooked on pills after a prescription to treat pain from a kidney stone, she joined the millions already swept up in the nation's grim wave of addiction to opioid painkillers.
JERUSALEM - Israel marked the beginning of its annual day of Holocaust remembrance on Sunday evening with an official ceremony in Jerusalem.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - With a jaunty victory dance, 101-year-old Man Kaur celebrated winning the 100 meters sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland on Monday, the 17th gold medal in the Indian athlete's remarkable late-blooming career.
AARHUS, Denmark - A group of innovative Danish musicians submerged like fish in an aquarium have created an underwater concerto with instruments specially adapted to resonate in a silent world.
ADDIS ABABA - Selam Fantahun, an Ethiopian high school dropout, feels that her prospects have brightened since she landed a job at a Chinese shoe factory in Addis Ababa four months ago.
CANBERRA - Australian electronics and homeware retailers are preparing for the invasion of US online giant Amazon, with some vowing to take the fight to the store.
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