Success in St. Louis gun buyback program

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - An effort to remove guns from the streets of St. Louis is being called a success, so much so that there wasn't enough money to buy up all of the offered weapons.

Ailing Fujimori pardoned by Peru's president

LIMA - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, clearing him of convictions for human rights crimes and graft before completion of a 25-year prison sentence.

Mexico eyes market for avocados

MEXICO CITY - From tequila to avocados, the state of Jalisco in central Mexico is seeing its exports to China increase, largely thanks to the Asian nation's expanding middle class.

Harvard enrolls more Asian-Americans

Harvard University, which is facing claims of racial discrimination against Asian-Americans in its admissions process, has announced that its early acceptance rate for Asian-Americans for the Class of 2022 has hit 24.2 percent, up from 21.7 percent a year earlier.

Lemony oysters in time for holiday season

MARENNES, France - A French seafood farmer is proposing lemon-flavored oysters this holiday season, a delicacy he perfected after four years of trial-and-error experiments in his garage.

AI contributes to faster tests for 3 eye diseases

SINGAPORE - Checks for eye diseases may become faster and cheaper from as early as next year thanks to an artificial intelligence screening system that is being developed.

Reusable Falcon 9 lights up the sky

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California - Many people pulled their cars over to take photos and videos of the sight. Witnesses posted their photos on social media, with many wondering if it was an unidentified flying object.

US move on Jerusalem denounced

UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution on the status of Jerusalem that undercuts US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Alarm as Japan steps up military spending

Japan's military spending will rise 1.3 percent to a record 5.2 trillion yen ($46 billion), under a defense budget approved by the Cabinet on Friday.

Many foreigners hurt in Melbourne car attack

MELBOURNE - Nearly half the 19 people injured when a driver with no known extremist links plowed into pedestrians in the southern city of Melbourne were foreign nationals, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday.

Blaze evokes Grenfell Tower fire, experts say

SEOUL - Flammable materials on the outside of a building fueled a major blaze that killed 29 people, experts said on Friday, evoking comparisons with the Grenfell Tower disaster in London.

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