Singapore leader: US should look at self on trade deficit

Lee stresses need for multilateral framework

UN shuttle diplomacy aims to avert assault on Yemen port of Hodeidah

UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON - The United Nations is engaged in "intense" shuttle diplomacy between the Houthi group in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to avert an attack on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday.

In Brexit showdown, May tries to quell rebellion by pro-EU Tories

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on Conservative Party MPs to support her when the EU Withdrawal Bill is discussed in the House of Commons this week.

Malaysia looks east again as PM appeals to Japan

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appealed to Japanese business heavyweights for investments in his country to help solve its unemployment problem.

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Centenary of women's vote marked in UK

LONDON - Thousands of women turned cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales into rivers of green, white and violet on Sunday to mark 100 years since the first women won the right to vote in the United Kingdom.

Young climber conquers summit for ill mother

LONDON - Schoolboy climber Edward Mills, aged 8, has become the youngest person ever to scale a famous rocky column in Scotland known as the Old Man of Hoy.

Ethiopia vows not to harm Egypt's share of Nile water

CAIRO - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali vowed on Sunday that Ethiopia will not harm Egypt's share of the Nile River water through the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD.

Birthplace draws on artist's legacy to attract visitors

SAGUA LA GRANDE, Cuba - At a midday, sunshine falls vertically on a dusty street in the Cuban town of Sagua La Grande, the birthplace of the late Wifredo Lam, the son of a Chinese-Cuban couple and one of Cuba's most revered artists.

Small Iraqi town a factory for raising weightlifting champs

BADRA, Iraq - While some places are known for producing oil or textiles, a small town in eastern Iraq boasts its own special conveyor belt - churning out weightlifting champions.

Painful past gets a novel approach

NEW YORK - Not a single copy of The Poppy War was left, even for Rebecca F. Kuang herself, after a signing event at BookCon 2018 held in Javits Center over the weekend.

Tourism keeps water puppets afloat

HANOI - In a darkened theater in central Hanoi, a wooden dragon emerges from a pool to the sound of cymbals crashing in a traditional water puppet show that lures hundreds of tourists daily but is largely shunned by locals.