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$10m reward for missing treasures in Boston museum

[2017-12-27 07:43]

BOSTON - A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you'd better hurry.

Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico

[2017-12-27 07:43]

MOROVIS, Puerto Rico - Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbors in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living without electricity in the mountains of central Puerto Rico a month after Hurricane Maria battered the US territory.

E-bike crackdown spurs delivery workers' concern

[2017-12-27 07:43]

NEW YORK - Cheap, electric bicycles have made life a lot easier for New York's legions of restaurant delivery workers, but the party may be over in the New Year.

College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news

[2017-12-27 07:43]

NEW HAVEN - A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news stories and helps guide them to more balanced coverage.

2017 a milestone for Cambodia

[2017-12-26 07:35]

PHNOM PENH - This year has marked a significant milestone in Cambodia-China tourism relations as China became the biggest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia after it overtook Vietnam in the first quarter of the year, said Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

UN recognizes Panama's hats - no, not those ones

[2017-12-26 07:35]

LA PINTADA, Panama - Cultural authorities at UNESCO have recognized the artisans of Panama for their distinctive woven hats. No, not those hats; the famed "Panama hat" comes from Ecuador.

Refugee pursuing soccer dream abroad

[2017-12-26 07:35]

TOKYO - At a soccer pitch in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, a forward with sculpted features kicked the ball into the net with his right foot. His teammates ran up to him, grinning.

Nepal's last known dancing bears rescued

[2017-12-26 07:35]

KATHMANDU - Nepali authorities have rescued the country's last known "dancing bears", officials said on Sunday, ending the medieval tradition of abuse of the beasts for entertainment.

A hard but sweet journey to learn Chinese language

[2017-12-26 07:35]

KABUL - Despite learning the Chinese language being difficult for many elsewhere in the world, learning the language has become more common among Afghan youths recently.

Evacuation as Vietnam braces for Typhoon

[2017-12-26 07:35]

HANOI/MANILA - Authorities in southern Vietnam started to move 1 million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday, as a typhoon approached after battering the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 240 people.

6 killed in Afghan capital bomb attack

[2017-12-26 07:35]

KABUL - A suicide bomber killed six civilians in an attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in Kabul on Monday in the latest assault claimed by the Islamic State group in the capital.

Guatemala moving Israeli embassy to Jerusalem

[2017-12-26 07:35]

MEXICO CITY - Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first country to follow US President Donald Trump's controversial stance to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to an announcement by the Central American country's President Jimmy Morales on Sunday.

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