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Soccer draw for young refugees

[2017-06-27 07:05]

BIDI BIDI, Uganda - The soccer field is littered with sharp stones, but the girls who attack the ball with their bare feet play on.

Reef report sends economic warning

[2017-06-27 07:05]

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.

SpaceX launches 10 satellites from air base

[2017-06-27 07:05]

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.

Disneyland map fetches $708,000

[2017-06-27 07:05]

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.

Coffee provides boost to city's tourist attractions

[2017-06-26 07:01]

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.

Newsreader hailed for cancer battle

[2017-06-26 07:01]

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.

Hendrix's home turned into guitars

[2017-06-26 07:01]

VANCOUVER - There's a saying, if these walls could talk. Walls certainly can't talk, but music can touch the heart, especially the songs that evoke memories.

Martha the mastiff claims world's ugliest dog crown

[2017-06-26 07:01]

PETALUMA, California - Martha is big, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion.

Tree-planting drone developed to fight deforestation

[2017-06-26 07:01]

CANBERRA - An Australian engineer has revealed a plan to combat deforestation by using drones to plant 1 billion trees every year.

Opera moves to broaden appeal

[2017-06-26 07:01]

NEW YORK - Opera has been popping up recently at the most unlikely New York places: a revamped garage, a dive bar, a basketball court and even an old aircraft carrier.

Qatar's neighbors issue list of punitive demands

[2017-06-24 07:46]

DUBAI - Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands, including closing Al-Jazeera television and reducing ties to Iran, an official of one of the four countries said.

Trump admits there are no Comey tapes

[2017-06-24 07:46]

WASHINGTON - Ending a lengthy guessing game that he started with a cryptic tweet and that ensnared his administration in yet more controversy, US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared he never made and doesn't have recordings of his private conversations with ousted former FBI director James Comey.

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