US cautious over talks with DPRK

The White House said on Monday it would "wait and see" whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's hope for talks with the United States means it is serious about denuclearization, after Pyongyang said it was willing to hold talks with Washington.

Five dead after explosion in store

Five people have been killed and four more are in hospital, with one having serious injuries, after an explosion destroyed a shop in the English city of Leicester on Sunday night.

Nigeria confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack

ABUJA - The Nigerian government has confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on the children's fate.

After shooting, students make emotional return

MIAMI - Students and teachers returned on Sunday to a Florida school for the first time since 17 people were shot dead there, consoling each other even as they called for swift action to address gun violence.

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Women give Games a sporting chance

GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Some volunteers are former athletes, some are doctors, one is a small-town mayor. They come from all over the world - Russia, China, the United States. The oldest is 88.

Czech schoolboy maps his life from disabled to designer

CERNOSICE, Czech Republic - The toy cars, double-deckers, stuffed toys and pillows on his bed are meticulously ordered into neat rows, but Matej Hosek still inspects his room with a frown, looking for shortcomings.

On the trail of the 'African Mona Lisa'

ILE-IFE, Nigeria - She's been described as "the African Mona Lisa", the subject of a long-lost series of three paintings by the artist considered the father of Nigerian modernism.

Goats and veggies crop up in urban Tokyo

TOKYO - On what feels like a lazy afternoon, 12 goats and two cows chew on hay as five piglets oink and 20 chickens cluck in the background.

Stores make push in scan and go tech in US

NEW YORK - Shoppers at self-checkout lanes scanning all their groceries after they're done shopping? Old school. More stores are letting customer tally their choices with a phone app or store device as they roam the aisles.

Syrian ceasefire urged as rebel enclave bombarded

DAMASCUS - Airstrikes continued on Thursday on the last rebel enclave near Syria's capital as the United Nations Security Council considered a resolution demanding a 30-day humanitarian ceasefire across the Middle East country.

ROK hails DPRK Olympics move as helpful to talks

SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's dispatch of a high-ranking delegation to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in the Republic of Korea will help maintain the "dialogue mood" in talks over the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's unification ministry said on Friday.