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Poverty pilot sows seeds of optimism

[2017-08-01 07:42]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - As the biggest foreign investor in Cambodia, China cooperates on everything from the high-tech telecom network construction to modern agricultural techniques.

Brave divers jump to it in Bosnia's traditional Old Bridge competition

[2017-08-01 07:42]

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - It's an annual event that's not for the fainthearted or those with a fear of heights.

British, Belgian royals join relatives of fallen to mark bloody battle's centenary

[2017-08-01 07:42]

YPRES, Belgium - Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, on Sunday joined Belgian royals and relatives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele to mark 100 years since the offensive that became a symbol of war's senselessness began.

Victims feel bite of antivenin delay

[2017-08-01 07:42]

SYDNEY - Snakebite victims have to wait too long for antivenin, according to a new Australian report released on Monday, which said access to the potentially lifesaving treatment has not improved in over 10 years.

Humble worm turns into bringer of medical hope

[2017-08-01 07:42]

PLOEMEUR, France - For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm - dark pink, slimy and inedible - was on the end of a fish hook.

Australia ramps up security after plot

[2017-08-01 07:42]

SYDNEY - Stricter screening of passengers and luggage at Australian airports will stay in place indefinitely after police foiled an alleged "Islamic-inspired" plot to bring down a plane, which local media said may have involved a bomb or poisonous gas.

More than 8 million vote in Venezuelan ANC election

[2017-08-01 07:42]

CARACAS - Venezuela's National Electoral Council said on Sunday more than 8 million people voted to elect a new National Constituent Assembly, or ANC, tasked to rewrite the Constitution, with a 41.5 percent turnout rate.

Lightning kills 11 amid India floods

[2017-08-01 07:42]

NEW DELHI - Lightning killed at least 11 people in eastern India as large swaths of the country reeled under the worst floods in years that have left hundreds dead and millions displaced, officials said on Monday.

Thai tsunami system 'needs upgrade'

[2017-08-01 07:42]

BANGKOK - Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 people.