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Bear whisperer voices need for public awareness

[2018-04-20 07:37]

LYME, New Hampshire - Stripy and Jake are bear cubs fed by bottle, who play around happily. Other bear orphans perch in the trees when Ben Kilham ventures into their enclosure.

Break with protocol all about unwelcome guest

[2018-04-19 07:32]

There is a high possibility that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision not to invite either UK or international leaders to their wedding is to avoid the presence of US President Donald Trump, a British royal etiquette expert said at a news conference to foreign press in London on Tuesday.

Akita dog gets condolences across Japan

[2018-04-19 07:32]

AOMORI, Japan - A popular Akita dog known for being "ugly but cute" has been receiving condolence letters from all over the country.

Trolleys bring relief for 'mule women'

[2018-04-19 07:32]

CEUTA, Spain - It's a form of hard labor that has provoked an outcry - Moroccan women bent double, overburdened by goods approaching or exceeding their own body weight.

Dark times light up roof of art museum

[2018-04-19 07:32]

NEW YORK - A sculptor brings dark times, science fiction and a desire to provoke to New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art for this year's rooftop installation overlooking the Manhattan skyline.

Game on for virtual reality arcades

[2018-04-19 07:32]

SINGAPORE - Gamers wearing headsets and wielding rifles adorned with flashing lights battle a horde of zombies, letting out the occasional terrified shriek.

Raul Castro to hand over a different Cuba

[2018-04-19 07:32]

After 12 years in power, Cuban President Raul Castro will hand over a different Cuba to his successor, who was to be elected by a legislative session that began on Wednesday.

Former US first lady Barbara Bush dies

[2018-04-19 07:32]

Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady and mother of a president whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, president George H.W. Bush, died on Tuesday, a family spokesman said. She was 92.

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under EU law

[2018-04-19 07:32]

MENLO PARK, California - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would continue requiring people to accept targeted ads as a condition of using its service, a stance that may help keep its business model largely intact despite a new European Union privacy law.

Britain's military faces staffing crisis

[2018-04-19 07:32]

Britain's armed forces are suffering their biggest staffing crisis in years, with the vital area of intelligence analysis being one of the worst affected sections.

Starbucks to close 8,000 stores in US for racial tolerance training

[2018-04-19 07:32]

LOS ANGELES - Starbucks Corp will close 8,000 company-owned US cafes for the afternoon on May 29, so 175,000 employees can undergo racial tolerance training in response to protests and calls for boycotts after the arrest of two black men waiting in a Philadelphia store.

Starbucks faces crisis after arrests

[2018-04-18 07:53]

NEW YORK - Three years ago, Starbucks was widely ridiculed for trying to start a national conversation on equality by asking its employees to write the words "Race Together" on coffee cups. The initiative, though it backfired, was in line with the company's longstanding effort to project a progressive and inclusive image.

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