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Hawaii lava flows gather speed, heat as officials worry over escape routes

[2018-06-01 09:17]

HONOLULU - The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano's latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island on Wednesday, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal neighborhoods over fears that the rapidly advancing flows could cut off dwindling escape routes.

Coffee on canal stirs poverty reduction

[2018-06-01 09:17]

PANAMA CITY - Coffee production is becoming an important option for Panama to reduce poverty through increased exports, leading to improving lifestyles along the Panama Canal.

Brain-tinkering study leaves bad taste for sugar lovers

[2018-06-01 09:17]

PARIS - Have you ever been on a diet and wished that spinach excited your taste buds? Or that chocolate left you cold?

Prison leave under scrutiny after killings

[2018-05-31 07:37]

LIEGE, Belgium/BRUSSELS - Authorities sought to deflect questions on Wednesday over the furlough of a convicted criminal, known to have been radicalized in jail, who killed three people in the city of Liege.

New Yorkers invited to strike a pose in qipao

[2018-05-31 07:37]

NEW YORK - As one of the world's great fashion capitals, New York boasts many stylish photo studios in every corner of its five boroughs.

Harvard study estimates a higher post-Maria death toll in Puerto Rico

[2018-05-31 07:37]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Perhaps about 5,000 people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria in 2017, according to a study published on Tuesday by scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Hit US sitcom axed over star's racist tweet row

[2018-05-31 07:37]

LOS ANGELES - US television network ABC on Tuesday canceled the hit working-class comedy Roseanne, after its star Roseanne Barr aimed a racist tweet at a former adviser to Barack Obama.

Swiss cities remain most costly

[2018-05-31 07:37]

GENEVA - Zurich and Geneva are still the world's two most expensive major cities, the annual rankings of 77 metropolitan areas by Swiss bank UBS showed on Tuesday.

US-Turkey ties at risk over F-35 jets

[2018-05-30 07:13]

ANKARA - The US attempt to block the delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey has put the bilateral ties between the two NATO allies at risk, said an aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Missing lynx: Big fight to save folkloric symbol

[2018-05-30 07:13]

TIRANA - In Albania, legend has it that staring into the almond-shaped eyes of the Balkan Lynx renders you blind.

Rescued toddler 'had already fallen two floors'; family thank Paris hero

[2018-05-30 07:13]

Investigators now believe the small boy who was dramatically rescued from a fourth-floor balcony in Paris on Saturday may have already fallen two levels, from his home on the sixth floor.

Three dead in suspected terror shooting in Belgium

[2018-05-30 07:13]

LIEGE, Belgium - A knife-wielding man stabbed two female police officers on Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead, in a suspected terror attack. The man was later killed by police.

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