China gets taste for Spain's renowned 'jamon'

JABUGO, Spain - The aroma is so extraordinary it's like "a punch in your mouth" says Luqi Wu, one of several Chinese businessmen standing in a cellar in southwestern Spain surrounded by thousands of hanging ham legs.

Japan's godfather of art? Billionaire rings in new era

TOKYO - With a single post on Instagram, Yusaku Maezawa announced not only his purchase of an $110.5 million Basquiat masterpiece, and his place in auction history, but arguably signaled a new era for art in Japan.

West learned to embrace Batman role

LOS ANGELES - Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West.

Reconciliation village puts the focus on healing Rwanda

Kabarondo, Rwanda - Twenty-three years ago, it would take 20 minutes for Jean Marie Vianney Mudaheranwa to walk to the house of Gracien Rwamirindi in eastern Rwanda.

May seeks deal to prop up her govt

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May was seeking a deal on Sunday with a small Northern Irish party that she needs to stay in power after a disastrous election that destroyed her authority days before Brexit talks are due to start.

French President Macron faces test in poll for lower house of parliament

PARIS - French voters are choosing lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Sunday in a vote that is crucial for newly-elected president Emmanuel Macron.

Gulf nations may let some Qataris stay

DOHA, Qatar - Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signaled on Sunday they may allow some Qataris to stay in their countries amid a diplomatic rift with the Gulf nation.

US alliance of states upholding Paris deal

SAN FRANCISCO - The US Climate Alliance, launched by three states in the wake of President Donald Trump's announcement to withdraw from the Paris agreement on climate change, has expanded to include a total of 13 members.

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Arab states expand list of Qatar-linked 'terrorist' groups

DUBAI/DOHA - Four Arab states that cut ties with Qatar this week over its alleged support of terrorism on Friday designated dozens of groups and individuals with alleged links to Qatar as "terrorists" - intensifying a rift that threatens the region's stability.

Body count grows, but no sign of missing plane

YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar - The tally of retrieved bodies rose to 31 on Friday as Myanmar's hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea with 122 people on board stretched into a third day.