NEW YORK - Fans and friends, including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, offered prayers and well wishes to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who is seriously ill.
VIENNA - Austria's capital has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the "world's most livable city" in a new annual survey released on Monday, ending the southern Australian city's seven-year reign.
PARIS - Scientists on Monday unveiled a previously unknown species of giant pterosaur, the first creatures with a backbone to fly under their own power.
TORONTO - Rising violence in Canada has prompted calls for the federal government to tighten gun laws but tougher regulations could cause a political backlash in a country where 2 million people are licensed to own a firearm.
Belt and Road project in Belarus now a multinational business hub
WASHINGTON - A small white supremacist rally took place outside the White House on Sunday when only about 20 far-right supporters showed up, but they were massively outnumbered by counterprotesters.
MANILA - A beaming bride who defiantly marched up a flooded church aisle in the Philippines has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoon rains.
MARIESTAD, Sweden - It's barely 6 am and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be going home - he'll be returning to his prison cell.
MATARAM, Indonesia - Hotels in Indonesia's Lombok that were damaged by the recent magnitude 7.0 earthquake plan to reopen as soon as possible to attract tourists.
LONDON - Nobel Prizewinning British author V.S. Naipaul has died at the age of 85, his family announced on Saturday.
BERKELEY, California - College student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.
BUCHAREST - A park became paradise for Chinese martial arts lovers on Saturday, with the eye-catching "World Wushu-Kung Fu Day" banner fluttering in the light breeze.
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