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Pope to address summit over pedophilia

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was set to address the Catholic Church on Sunday at the close of a landmark Vatican summit on a pedophilia crisis that has devastated lives in countries across the globe.

'For crown. For country': Beauty boot camps key to pageant dominance

MANILA - Rodgil Flores casts a stern taskmaster's glance as grimacing young women in bikinis stride across one of the mirror-walled studios that is central to making the Philippines a beauty pageant juggernaut.

Tanzania students embrace Chinese-language studies

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - For young Eglon Matto, Chinese language holds the key to his professional career in future.

Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you - from 30,000 feet (9,140 meters).

Adventure invigorating villages

Experts called for "rational use" of old rural buildings at a recent forum in Beijing, exploring ways to preserve cultural heritage while revitalizing the rural economy.

Chinese tourists spurn shopping to sample culture in US travels

WASHINGTON - It has become fashionable for Chinese tourists to travel to the United States during the Spring Festival holiday and immerse themselves in culture.

Cannabis becomes new 'green gold rush' in US

It's known by multiple names - marijuana, weed, pot and cannabis. But a new one could be "moneymaker" after legal sales of the drug in 2017 reached $8.5 billion in the United States and $9.5 billion worldwide, experts said.

Ex-ambassador: 'Fanciful' to suggest Brexit not factor in UK Honda closure

Britain's former ambassador to Japan has said it's "fanciful" to think Honda's decision to close its plant in the United Kingdom had nothing to do with Brexit.

Sharks reel in fans in Mediterranean waters

HADERA, Israel - The wind was blowing, clouds blocked the sun and the sea was choppy and cold, but Hagai Mayer and his two friends didn't care. They wanted to see the sharks.

Sanders kicks off second bid for president

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday joined a crowded field seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and pledged to fight "the powerful special interests that dominate our economic and political life".

Putin focuses on social issues in annual address

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual presidential address to the country's Federal Assembly legislators in Moscow on Wednesday, emphasized the importance of domestic development this year.