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New eruptions in Hawaii send lava closer to power plant

Workers raced Tuesday to cap wells at a geothermal plant threatened by lava pouring from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano. The lava flow entered the 800-acre (330-hectare) property of the Puna Geothermal Venture...

Trump acknowledges summit with North Korea’s Kim in doubt

WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump said his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might not take place next month. "If it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen...

N. Korea approves S. Korean journalists to observe nuclear test site closing

Eight South Korean journalists are headed to North Korea after the reclusive regime gave a last-minute approval for the group to observe the dismantling of its nuclear test site. The South Koreans...

Syria says capital is free of militants after defeat of IS

CAIRO — A Syrian military spokesman says that government forces have recaptured the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, outside Damascus, along with two adjoining neighborhoods that were under the control of the...

Pompeo vows ‘unprecedented’ US sanctions against Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled a far-reaching list of demands for any new nuclear deal with Iran, and threatened economy-crushing sanctions if Tehran does not change its behavior. The...

Impregnated Southern white rhino could save nearly extinct relative

NAIROBI — A southern white rhino at the San Diego Zoo in California has become pregnant as a result of artificial insemination with sperm from a male southern white rhino. The...

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