Cuban food melting pot of culinary influences

HAVANA - Cuba's culinary heritage is alive and well, thanks to award-winning Cuban chef Jorge Luis Mendez and others like him.

Are hair attacks just mass hysteria?

NEW DELHI - A scare has gripped women in north Indian states following mysterious incidents of women having their braids braid cut off while sleeping, police said on Saturday.

Sizzling summer a foretaste of the future for Southern Europe

ROME - Swathes of southern Europe sweltered Saturday in a heat wave that has claimed several lives, cost billions in crop damage and is, scientists warned, a foretaste of worse to follow in coming decades.

Farms drawing diners to enjoy home-grown food

CAMBRIDGE, Vermont - What was once a smattering of farms offering expensive dinners within view of the fields where the food was raised has sprouted into popular summer and fall events that run the gamut from multicourse dinners to weekly burger nights at farms across the country.

Giant painting of Atlanta battle scene is moving to new site

ATLANTA - A colossal panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Atlanta from the American Civil War will be lifted by cranes from the building where it has been housed for nearly a century and then trucked to its new location.

Grand jury spurs Russia investigation

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller is using a grand jury in Washington as part of an investigation into alleged coordination between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia, a source familiar with the probe said on Thursday.

Aussie police foil twin terror plots

SYDNEY - A man instructed by the Islamic State to bring down an Etihad Airways flight tried to use an unsuspecting passenger to carry a bomb on board, with a second poison gas plot also in the works, Australian police alleged on Friday.

Blaze ravages world's largest fish market

TOKYO - Japanese police and fire investigators sifted through the charred wreckage of parts of the world's largest fish market, a day after flames tore through seven buildings at the Tokyo tourist site.

S. Korea spy agency admits attempting to rig presidential election

SEOUL - South Korea's spy agency admitted on Thursday that it had engaged in a far-reaching attempt to manipulate voters as it sought to help conservatives win parliamentary and presidential elections.

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Rooftop hives keeping Paris honeybees buzzing

PARIS - To check the beehives he has set up on the roof of the sprawling Monnaie de Paris on the banks of the River Seine, Audric de Campeau slips a harness over his tan-colored trousers.

Soccer returns to Mosul - unencumbered by IS rules

MOSUL, Iraq - After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at a soccer field in the eastern part of the city - and this time without the restrictions imposed by Islamic State group militants.