Half of UK voters support Brexit vote

LONDON - Half of British voters support a referendum to choose between leaving with a deal that the government may clinch with the European Union, leaving with no deal or staying in the EU, Sky News reported on Monday, citing its own poll.

Gunmen fire on crowd, killing 3 in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered on Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more, the police chief said.

Japan to spend $4.2b on missile defense system radar

TOKYO - Japan said Monday that it would spend some $4.2 billion over the next 30 years on installing and operating US radar systems to protect itself against possible foreign missile threats.

University analysis: 'Medicare for all' bill estimated at $32.6 trillion

WASHINGTON - US Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" plan would increase its government healthcare spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according to a study by a university-based libertarian policy center.

China greets Hun Sen over election win

China expressed sincere congratulations, as a good neighbor and friend, on the successful election of the Cambodian National Assembly, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday.

Zimbabwe votes in first election after Mugabe

Zimbabweans went to the polls on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, hopeful that the new government will deliver on their campaign pledges of economic transformation.

Navy on parade as Putin promises progress

Russia demonstrated its naval might in its second largest city of St. Petersburg on Sunday with a parade of troops, vessels and aircraft on the Neva River.

Freed Palestinian teen wants to study law to help people

NABI SALEH, West Bank - Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison on Sunday and told throngs of journalists and wellwishers that she now wants to study law to defend her people.

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Parties hold final rallies before vote

HARARE - Zimbabwean political parties concluded their campaigning on Saturday ahead of Monday's vote.

Death toll from California fire grows to five as blistering blaze rages on

REDDING, California - Two young children and their 70-year-old great-grandmother died in the wildfire that swept into the city of Redding with devastating speed, their family said on Saturday, raising the death toll from the blaze to five.

Iraqi PM sacks electricity minister after weeks of protests

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity after three weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power cuts in the country.