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At least 20 killed in Las Vegas concert shooting

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada sheriff says one on-duty officer is in critical condition and another was wounded in the Las Vegas concert shooting that left more than 20 people dead. Clark...

PRO-7 beefs up anti-insurgency ops in Negros Oriental

DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Police Office (PRO-7) in Region 7 is starting to pour in more combat-trained troops to Negros Oriental to beef up its anti-insurgency operations...

IMF Chief tells Central Bankers to not Dismiss Bitcoin

LONDON — Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has a message for the world's central bankers: Don't be Luddites. Addressing a conference in London on Friday, Lagarde said virtual currencies,...

Travel by Rocket From New York to Tokyo in 30 Minutes?

U.S. billionaire innovator Elon Musk has unveiled plans for a new rocket that would allow passengers to travel from one continent to another in about 30 minutes. At a presentation Friday in...

Half of volcano evacuees on Bali are asked to go home

Authorities on the Indonesian island of Bali on Saturday asked thousands of people who had evacuated this week because of the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung to return...

State Department Says N. Korea Has No Interest in Talks

  BEIJING — North Korea has shown no interest in pursuing talks on its nuclear and missile programs, the U.S. State Department said Saturday after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged the United...

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