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Merkel urges Rome to back eurozone

With voters in Italy now headed for the latest in a quick succession of national elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging whoever ends up running the country to continue to support the European Union's eurozone.

Police partnership a cultural showcase

ROME - Police officers and dignitaries from China and Italy - as well as hundreds of photo-snapping passers-by - were in Rome's picturesque Piazza Navona on Monday for an ornate ceremony held to symbolically mark the start of the third year of law enforcement cooperation between the two countries.

Flight instructors charged with kidnapping student

Police officers in California on Friday arrested a flight instructor and his assistant, accusing them of attempting to send a Chinese trainee back to his home country.

USC doctor defends himself against sexual assault accusations

George Tyndall, the former doctor at the University of Southern California accused of sexually abusing patients for nearly three decades, maintained that he had done nothing wrong, in a letter to Los Angeles Times on Friday.

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Strong storm approaches Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - Thousands of Florida residents have been evacuated homes as Subtropical Storm Alberto picked up strength on Sunday as it headed north through the Gulf of Mexico, with forecasters saying it could bring life-threatening inundation to southern coastal states.

Europe's largest wooden building in danger

ISTANBUL - Looking up at the giant wooden edifice looming over him, Erol Baytas shakes his head.

Paris toddler rescued by 'Spiderman of the 18th'

A young man from Africa climbed out of obscurity and into the hearts of Europeans on the weekend when he leapt into action to save a toddler who had been dangling from a Paris balcony.

Italy heads for new elections as PM named

ROME - Italy is likely facing fresh elections in the autumn after President Sergio Mattarella gave economist Carlo Cottarelli the mandate to form a technocrat government following the collapse of a bid for power by populist parties.

150,000 cows to be culled in N. Zealand

WELLINGTON - New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.

Media: Moon may attend Trump-Kim summit

The Republic of Korea said on Monday that holding a three-way summit between the ROK, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States will depend on the outcome of the DPRKUS summit.