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California fires spur Trump to declare emergency

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday declared a state of emergency in California as raging wildfires threatened thousands of homes. The move made federal funds available to help fight the fires and...

Vatican meets #MeToo: nuns denounce their abuse by priests

VATICAN CITY — The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian priest forced himself on her while she was at her most vulnerable: recounting her sins to him in...

Cambodia parliamentary election starts, with media muffled

Polls opened Sunday for Cambodians to vote for all 125 seats in the country's National Assembly, in a process widely criticized for the lack of a significant opposition to the ruling...

Evacuations ordered as Vanuatu volcano emits clouds of ash

SYDNEY — An erupting volcano is expected to force the population of an entire island in Vanuatu to leave for the second time in less than a year. Volcanic activity has intensified...

Tom Cruise does the impossible in ‘Mission: Impossible Fallout’

WATCH: Tom Cruise Does the Impossible in Mission Impossible: Fallout WASHINGTON — Tom Cruise’s latest action installment of Mission: Impossible Fallout follows operative Ethan Hunt, the daredevil spy, on an extremely perilous quest to save...

Trump thanks North Korea for return of US war remains

U.S. President Donald Trump extended a word of gratitude to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Friday for returning to U.S. authorities what are believed to be the remains of 55...

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