British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand

Theresa May, the British prime minister, said on Tuesday that she will call for a general election on June 8.

Thorny road ahead for Erdogan

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's tight victory in Sunday's referendum may not allow him to move freely in expanding his powers, analysts pointed out on Tuesday. An unofficial tally gave Erdogan's "yes" vote a narrow win, with 51.4 percent approving a series of constitutional changes converting Turkey's parliamentary system to a presidential one.

US sends 1,000 Marines to Darwin, in a largest deployment since WWII

CANBERRA - More than 1,000 US Marines arrived in Darwin on Tuesday as part of a rotation of forces to be stationed in northern Australia.

At 117, Jamaican woman becomes world's oldest

DUANVALE, Jamaica - Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugar cane in the fields around her home in Jamaica. She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken and celebrated her 117th birthday last month.

Australia scraps skilled migrant visa to protect jobs

CANBERRA, Australia - The country's skilled migrant visa will be abolished in favor of a new "Australians first" approach, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 14)

How Spain became transplant leader

MADRID - Juan Benito Druet has just learned that his life may be about to change.

Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival

SHIKINE ISLAND, Japan - The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.

Experiment offers income for a year

BERLIN - Miko may only be 5, but he already has 1,000 euros ($1,063) per month to live on - not from hard work, but as part of an experiment into universal basic income.

Device gives hope to drought victims

SAN FRANCISCO - A device that uses the power of the sun could help to alleviate droughts after it extracted 2.8 liters of water from the air over a 12-hour period.

Builders find lost archbishops in hidden museum tomb

LONDON - The remains of five archbishops of Canterbury have been accidentally discovered by builders in a hidden tomb beneath a London church, site developers said on Sunday.

3-D patch could help heal hearts

LOS ANGELES - Researchers in the United States have developed a new 3-D printed patch that shows potential of helping heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack.