Minister: EU is pushing no-deal Brexit

LONDON - UK trade minister Liam Fox said "intransigence" from the European Union was pushing Britain toward a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times.

Brazil Workers' Party names jailed Lula as candidate

SAO PAULO - Brazil's Workers' Party announced on Saturday that for the sixth time in its history, ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be its candidate in the Oct 7 presidential election.

Seventh person dies in California fires as White House declares 'major disaster'

CALIFORNIA - A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire on Saturday, officials said, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread.

Russia names movie star as envoy for US

MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made US actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.

Missing girl safe with her parents

A 12-year-old Chinese girl who was thought to have been abducted from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday was found safe and sound with her parents in Queens, New York, on Friday afternoon, according to the Metro Washington Airport Authority.

Maduro escapes unhurt after 'assassination' attempt

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro escaped unharmed from what he claimed was an attempted assassination using explosive drones on Saturday.

DPRK, US spar over nuclear deal

SINGAPORE - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States on Saturday sparred over an agreement reached at a landmark summit in June for Pyongyang to end its nuclear program.

Helicopter crash kills 18 in Russia's Siberia

MOSCOW - A helicopter crash in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia killed all 18 people on board on Saturday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

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Trump responds to new Kim letter

WASHINGTON - The White House said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump has responded to a new letter from Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Trump's letter will be delivered "shortly".

Mnangagwa wins first post-Mugabe poll

Incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly won Zimbabwe's landmark election, results showed early on Friday, but the opposition rejected the outcome of the poll.

Ivanka moves away from controversial positions

WASHINGTON - Ivanka Trump on Thursday distanced herself from some of her father's most controversial policies and strident rhetoric, saying she is "vehemently against" family separations and that journalists are not the enemy.