PARIS - Paris fashion week shows tend to be held at the city's most opulent addresses, grand chandeliered salons dripping with marble and gilt.
NEW YORK - New York has tried for years to solve one of its most stubborn and visible problems: tens of thousands of homeless people a night packed into shelters and thousands of others camped out on sidewalks and subways and in bus stations.
TORONTO - Canada will not tighten its border to deter migrants crossing illegally from the United States in the wake of a US immigration crackdown because the numbers are not big enough to cause alarm, a government minister said.
TOKYO - Japan's ruling party on Sunday extended term limits for its leaders, a change that gives Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a shot at becoming Japan's longest-serving post-war leader.
PARIS - The alleged "sadistic" mistreatment of scores of models who were forced to wait in a dark, cramped staircase at a Paris Fashion Week casting has sparked fresh criticism of how the industry functions.
BANDARERO, Kenya - Loko Kalicha Junno said she trekked for a week to save her 10 cattle from dying of thirst and hunger. But none survived. Now, at one of the last watering holes in this remote village, she fears for herself.
UNITED NATIONS - A video of a Chinese diplomat's rebuttal of criticism of China's veto of a UN draft resolution on Syria has gone viral on the internet.
WASHINGTON - There's an old saying that elephants never forget. You also can say they seldom sleep.
SEOUL - The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is a Trojan horse in the Republic of Korea as the conservative bloc is seeking to hold a "THAAD" presidential election to help reverse its fall in public support, an expert said on Friday.
WASHINGTON - US Vice-President Mike Pence on Friday defended his use of a personal email account to deal with state work as Indiana governor, rejecting any comparison with the email woes of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
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