Nepal considers age limit for climbers after 85-year-old dies

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Family and supporters on Sunday honored an 85-year-old Nepali man who died trying to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Qomolangma (known in the West as Mount Everest), while officials stressed the need to limit the age for such a daunting physical challenge.

ROK set to hold presidential vote

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea was scheduled to hold a presidential election on Tuesday following the impeachment of former president Park Geun-hye over corruption allegations.

Nebraska seeks investment from China

In welcoming scores of Chinese and US business leaders to Omaha, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts said he believes the state's relationship with China will grow.

Macron must win more polls before he can govern

Emmanuel Macron may have won the French presidency but that may prove to be the easiest part of his political campaign.

President meets freed Chibok schoolgirls

ABUJA, Nigeria - A group of 82 girls held captive for three years by extremists met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital Abuja on Sunday a day after they were released in exchange for several militant commanders, officials said.

Trump's travel ban faces new challenge

WASHINGTON - After a series of stinging legal defeats, US President Donald Trump's administration hopes to convince a federal appeals court that his travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries is motivated by national security, not religion.

Red Bull heir's case ignites Thai outrage

BANGKOK - An online anti-Red Bull campaign has rolled out in Thailand as the public are fueled by the hit-and-run case of the fugitive Red Bull heir, local media reported on Monday.

German army calls for searches of all barracks after Nazi memorabilia found

BERLIN - The head of Germany's armed forces has called for an inspection of all army barracks after investigators discovered Nazi-era military memorabilia in a garrison, broadening a scandal about right-wing extremism among soldiers.

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Voters in France head to the polls

PARIS - On a gray and rainy Sunday morning, millions of French voters headed to the polling stations to decide who will lead the country for the next five years.

Blackout ordered on email hack

PARIS - France sought to keep a computer hack of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron's campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the presidential election, with the electoral commission warning on Saturday that it may be a criminal offense to republish the data.

'Strongman' Hong looks to halt conservative fall from grace

SEOUL - Opinion polls in the Republic of Korea suggest that the fall of Park Geun-hye, the country's ousted, jailed president now awaiting a corruption trial, has doomed conservatives in next week's presidential election.