SEOUL - The Republic of Korea's vice-defense minister who was appointed by the new government apologized to residents on Tuesday for the previous administration's push for the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile interception system in their hometown.
AMMAN, Jordan - For years, Hamzeh al-Maaytah nurtured a community of book lovers in Jordan, keeping his bookstore in Amman's old center open around the clock, encouraging customers to linger over rare treasures and often allowing them to set the price for a purchase.
BRASILIA - Brazil's top federal prosecutor charged President Michel Temer on Monday with accepting bribes, the first of what is expected to be a series of formal graft charges against the leader in the coming weeks.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches.
MANILA - The Philippine government will stick to its policy of not negotiating with extremists allied with the Islamic State group that overran Marawi City in the southern Philippines in May, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
LONDON - Harry Potter turns 20 on Monday when muggle readers in gowns and glasses from Indonesia to Uruguay will celebrate the birth of a global publishing phenomenon in 1997.
BIDI BIDI, Uganda - The soccer field is littered with sharp stones, but the girls who attack the ball with their bare feet play on.
SYDNEY - Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth A$56 billion ($42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is "too big to fail", a study said on Monday.
LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Sunday, two days after the company launched a satellite from Florida.
LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney's "presentation map", which the late animation entrepreneur drew in the 1950s to attract investors to the idea for his Disneyland theme park, sold for $708,000 at an auction on Sunday.
SAO LOURENCO, Brazil - A small Brazilian city once famous for its mineral water springs is now welcoming tourists with a new attraction - a specialty coffee with unique taste and quality.
TOKYO - The death of a former newsreader who won acclaim for blogging about her breast cancer fight hit the headlines on Saturday in Japan, with the media and officials praising her courage.
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