NEW YORK - In the Year of the Dog, which one will have its day at the Westminster Kennel Club show?
PARIS - Her head above water, Wikie the killer whale looks at the human trainer next to her pool, listens, then loudly vocalizes: "Hello."
OKUMA, Japan - High atop Fukushima's most damaged nuclear reactor, the final pieces of a cylindrical cover are being put in place to seal in highly radioactive dust.
A committee was set up at the Syrian peace talks held in Russia's Sochi on Tuesday, with the aim of discussing revisions to the current Syrian Constitution, Syria's State TV said.
GENEVA - Almost a dozen countries have agreed to advance their annual contributions to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to help it plug a major shortfall after a partial cutoff of US funding, its chief said on Tuesday.
China's Xinhua News Agency was scheduled to open a platform for news stories, video reports and photographs in Japan on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - In their first session of strategic dialogue, the United States and Qatar outlined areas for future cooperation to mend ties disrupted by the Gulf diplomatic rift that was fueled by President Donald Trump's accusation against Doha.
SEOUL - Several skiers from the Republic of Korea flew to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Wednesday to train with its athletes in a conciliatory gesture the countries planned to mark the Winter Olympics.
CONCORD, New Hampshire - When roads turn into ice rinks, consider trying beet juice, molasses and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer. So say experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation's waterways, putting everything from fish and frogs to microscopic zooplankton at risk.
LESMAHAGOW, Scotland - A small-town Scottish schoolteacher has become an international literary sensation with more than a million sales in China and a Hollywood movie deal - but remains relatively unknown in her homeland.
LEGAZPI, the Philippines - With chili-flavored "lava ice cream" in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region of the country where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives.
SANTA ANA, California - More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in US history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years.
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