Scientists hint at dyslexia solution

PARIS - A duo of French scientists said on Wednesday they may have found a physiological, and seemingly treatable, cause for dyslexia hidden in tiny light-receptor cells in the human eye.

Xi offers condolences over Somalia bombing

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent condolences to his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, over Saturday's deadly truck bombing in the country's capital, Mogadishu.

Ambassador: We're better together with US

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which opened on Wednesday in Beijing, will widen and strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States and the rest of the world, Beijing's top envoy to Washington, Cui Tiankai, said on Tuesday.

Judge halts latest travel ban, says it has same 'maladies'

HONOLULU, Hawaii - A US judge blocked most of US President Donald Trump's latest travel ban on Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor".

Japan complains to US over resumed helicopter flights

TOKYO - Japan said on Wednesday that it was "truly regrettable" that the US military had restarted flights of a helicopter that burst into flames last week, saying it wanted further reassurances over safety.

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Baghdad and Kurds urged to step back

WASHINGTON - After years of focusing divided Iraq on a shared fight against the Islamic State group, the United States is now straining to leverage its limited influence to avoid a full-blown conflict between the Iraqi and Kurdish forces it has armed and trained.

40 die in fires in Portugal, Spain as rain helps rescue

BARCELONA, Spain - Rain and lower temperatures are helping emergency teams in Portugal and Spain fight the forest fires that killed at least 40 people over the weekend.

Airbus swoops for control of Bombardier jet program

MONTREAL/PARIS - Airbus SE has agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner program, giving a powerful boost to the Canadian plane and train maker in its costly trade dispute with Boeing Co.

Blind maestro plays it by ear

TOKYO - Blind since birth, virtuoso Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii puts his global success down to a wide range of experiences outside music - and listening to how the conductor breathes.

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'Horror' fires burn on, 40 dead

SANTA ROSA, California - Authorities hope weaker winds will help more than 10,000 firefighters battle the deadliest blazes in California history, which have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of structures.