TOKYO - A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased blowfish, after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale.
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two of its commercial airliners in international airspace on the way to Bahrain, allegations denied by Qatar.
HONOLULU - When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn't know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on the ground floor of their Honolulu home.
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said on Sunday that autonomous or driverless vehicles are about to change the way people travel and connect and pledged that her agency would work closely with stakeholders to accelerate development of the emerging technology.
PARIS - French film star Catherine Deneuve, who set off a worldwide feminist backlash for bashing the #MeToo movement, has apologized to victims of sexual assault, saying there was "nothing good" about harassment.
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of British scientists have found that regular surfers are three times more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those who stick to dry land.
When 25-year-old Chun Wai Chan was named principal dancer by the Houston Ballet late last year, a dream came true far sooner than he had expected.
DENVER - Across America's west, prayers for snowfall are being offered to the skies as the winter season has offered little relief to drought stricken areas thus far.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Eight years ago, a magnitude-7 earthquake upended life in Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people by some estimates and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes. For many of those left homeless, life hasn't yet returned to normal.
MEXICO - Salvador Meza has been making guitars since he was a boy, but his leathery hands have never had to churn them out as fast as now - thanks to the hit movie Coco.
ATHENS - A sculpture by sculptor and painter Kostis Georgiou was placed on the beachfront avenue of the Athens Riviera on Dec 5.
WASHINGTON - The United States is planning to reimpose sanctions on Iran, said US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday, ahead of President Donald Trump's decision on whether to extend sanctions relief on Iran under terms of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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