MARIPOSA, California - A wildfire that has forced thousands of Californians to flee their homes exploded in size on Wednesday, threatening a picturesque gold rush town outside Yosemite National Park as dozens of blazes scorched the west of the United States.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on Tuesday.
PARIS - France's armed forces chief resigned on Wednesday in a dispute with Emmanuel Macron over defense budget cuts, an early test of the newly elected president's mettle and the tough presidential style he is cultivating.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has on Wednesday confirmed his government will be demanding answers from US authorities about the killing of an Australian woman by police in Minneapolis at the weekend.
MOSCOW - The 13th International Aviation and Space Salon, known by its Russian acronym MAKS, will facilitate further cooperation in the aerospace industry and promote Russian products both at home and abroad, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday Moscow reserved the right to take retaliatory measures against the United States after a meeting in Washington ended without a deal on returning seized Russian diplomatic property.
WASHINGTON - US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded failure on Monday in efforts to repeal and replace former president Barack Obama's signature legislation, also known as the Obamacare, after more Republican senators joined the opposition against a GOP replacement.
WASHINGTON - Their team shirts didn't say "Afghanistan" and their name badges were handwritten, not typed, suggesting the last-minute nature of their entry into the United States. But the Afghan girls competing on Monday in an international robotics competition in Washington were clearly excited to be representing their nation.
CANBERRA, Australia - A second Australian senator in less than a week said on Tuesday she was quitting Parliament after discovering she was a dual national and had therefore never really been elected. The controversy has raised questions about how many other lawmakers might also have no right to be there.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron denounced France's collaboration in the Holocaust, lashing out on Sunday at those who negate or minimize the country's role in sending tens of thousands of Jews to their deaths.
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