Airbus swoops for control of Bombardier jet program

MONTREAL/PARIS - Airbus SE has agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner program, giving a powerful boost to the Canadian plane and train maker in its costly trade dispute with Boeing Co.

Blind maestro plays it by ear

TOKYO - Blind since birth, virtuoso Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii puts his global success down to a wide range of experiences outside music - and listening to how the conductor breathes.

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'Horror' fires burn on, 40 dead

SANTA ROSA, California - Authorities hope weaker winds will help more than 10,000 firefighters battle the deadliest blazes in California history, which have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of structures.

Former aides begin 'blacklist' appeal

SEOUL - Former top aides of ousted President Park Geun-hye, who were convicted of running a blacklist of culture figures deemed critical of the Park administration, will begin appearing in a court this week in the appeal of their jail terms for abuse of power.

Freed hostage accuses Taliban of brutality

SMITHS FALLS, Canada - Freed hostage Joshua Boyle has told public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corp his children are exploring their new home in Canada but are still very fearful after a brutal yearslong ordeal at the hands of Taliban-linked kidnappers.

Silk Road musicians strike chord for dialogue

GENEVA - A group of musicians from various Silk Road countries on Saturday performed at a special concert at the United Nations office in Geneva as an example of intercultural dialogue and understanding.

'Resilient' Asia able to fend off storms

WASHINGTON - Asia is much more able to weather financial storms with lessons learned from the region's financial crisis of 20 years ago, said a senior official at the International Monetary Fund.

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TV series highlights Xi's key role

With the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China just days away, a documentary produced by the Discovery Channel about President Xi Jinping and his governance of China started airing on Saturday in more than 37 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region.

French army charter plane crashes in Cote d'Ivoire, four Moldovans killed

ABIDJAN - Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others were injured on Saturday when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea near the airport in Cote d'Ivoire's main city, Abidjan, Ivorian and French officials said.

'Foreign fighters have left Raqa'

AIN ISSA, Syria - Some foreign Islamic State group fighters have left the one-time jihadist bastion of Raqa in Syria under a deal as the city's capture nears, a local official said on Sunday.