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Tourists eye Cambodia's new heritage site as country hopes for economic lift

[2017-07-18 07:00]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Tourists flocked to Cambodia's newest World Heritage site at the weekend after it was added to the United Nations cultural list last week.

Disney villains to feature on US stamps

[2017-07-18 07:00]

LOS ANGELES - The US Postal Service released a sheet of 20 Forever stamps featuring 10 classic Disney villains.

UK celebrates icon Austen on bicentenary

[2017-07-17 07:28]

WINCHESTER, United Kingdom - Two hundred years after Jane Austen's death, Britain is celebrating one of its best-loved authors, who combined romance with biting social commentary that still speaks to fans around the world.

Archaeologists go high-tech to solve ancient cold case

[2017-07-17 07:28]

ATHENS, Greece - More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon - the first recorded Olympic champion - tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler.

Marvel stuns fans with stage show as Star Wars unveils sneak preview

[2017-07-17 07:28]

LOS ANGELES - Marvel brought thousands of fans to their feet on Saturday as it assembled a stellar panel of superheroes to preview Avengers: Infinity War at Disney's D23 convention.

Ecuador designers reinvigorate indigenous style for modern age

[2017-07-17 07:28]

RIOBAMBA, Ecuador - After years of taking a back seat to Western style, indigenous fashion is re-emerging in Ecuador, thanks to a new generation of designers who are re-imagining traditional clothes.

Wedding turns into feast for homeless

[2017-07-17 07:28]

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - A woman who called off her $30,000 wedding threw a party on Saturday for the homeless at the swanky event center she had booked for the reception.

Trump touts ties amid Paris pomp

[2017-07-15 07:41]

PARIS - US President Donald Trump watched US and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War I and France's annual Bastille Day holiday.

Suitcase bodies may be missing Chinese

[2017-07-15 07:41]

Two bodies found stuffed inside suitcases abandoned in mountainous forest near Tokyo are suspected to be missing Chinese sisters, local media reported on Friday.

Opposition warns of 'hell' over Brexit bill

[2017-07-15 07:41]

Just over a year after Britons voted to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom government on Thursday unveiled the first piece of legislation to make it a reality a 62-page bill that anti-Brexit politicians are already vowing to block.

Qatar crisis grinds on after US fails to broker resolution

[2017-07-15 07:41]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United States' top diplomat concluded a week of shuttle diplomacy in the Persian Gulf crisis on Thursday, bearing no promise of a breakthrough but voicing optimism that Qatar and its four Arab neighbors might soon at least be willing to talk face to face.

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