7 questioned after truck attack raids in Sweden

STOCKHOLM - Swedish police have brought in seven people for questioning over an apparent terror attack in which a hijacked delivery truck mowed down pedestrians in Stockholm, killing four people, authorities said on Sunday.

Polluted London sets eyes on cars

LONDON - Gone are the days of London's "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution - and has road traffic firmly in its sights.

Brain found to be more complex

SAN FRANCISCO - A new study suggests that the system of grid cells, known as the brain's global positioning system, is more complicated than anyone had guessed.

Despite EU fines, Greece struggling to boost garbage recycling nationwide

ATHENS, Greece - A steady stream of EU fines and two decades of trying have failed to get recycling off the ground in Greece, where eco-awareness is only halfheartedly promoted by authorities.

Eight suspects detained in wake of bomb attack

ST. PETERSBURG - Russian investigators on Thursday detained eight people suspected of involvement in Wednesday's bombing of the St. Petersburg metro as the nation held memorials to honor the 13 victims.

Lotte chief grilled over corruption

SEOUL - Shin Dong-bin, chief of Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest family-controlled conglomerate, was summoned for questioning by prosecutors on Friday over his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal embroiling impeached president Park Geun-hye.

Rickles always lived up to his nickname: 'Merchant of Venom'

LOS ANGELES - Don Rickles, the master insult comic who created laughs with ridicule and sarcasm in a decades-long career that earned him the nickname "Merchant of Venom," died of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home on Thursday.

Atmosphere detected around planet in distant constellation

WASHINGTON - Astronomers have made what they believe to be the first detection of an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet beyond our solar system.

IN BRIEF

Man reunites with family after 22 years

HANOI - A 56-year-old man with a pallid and wizened face slowly touched his right foot, which was being wrapped in layers of bandages on Wednesday afternoon.

Thousands evacuated from Cyclone Debbie

WELLINGTON - Rescue workers used tractors and boats to evacuate thousands of people at the top of New Zealand's North Island on Thursday as floodwaters from ex-Cyclone Debbie surged in what meteorologists said was a once-in-500-years event.

China supports probe into use of chemical weapons

UNITED NATIONS - China supports the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and related UN entities in carrying out comprehensive, objective and fair investigations into uses of chemicals as weapons in Syria, a Chinese envoy said on Wednesday.