Brexit blame game turns into another predictable stalemate

BRUSSELS - Amid the blame game between the European Union and the United Kingdom, the third round of Brexit talks concluded on Thursday without decisive progress, as expected.

Legal highs: Rooftop tours offer new horizons on views of Russian city

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Standing on a roof in central St. Petersburg, Marta Granadeiro gasped as she watched the statues on the Hermitage Museum's facade gleam in the sunset.

NAFTA trio get down to business after tough talk

MEXICO CITY - After days of threats from US President Donald Trump to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement, negotiators get down to business on Friday at the second round of talks aimed at revamping it.

May's promise to stay divides opinion

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement on Thursday that she aims to lead the Conservatives into the 2022 general election has been greeted with a mixed reaction in the United Kingdom.

Mobike on move with Thai rollout

BANGKOK - China's top bike-sharing company Mobike has announced that it is entering the Thai market.

Macron defends raft of 'ambitious' reforms

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron's government unveiled a major overhaul of the labour code on Thursday, a signature reform that will test his ability to force through changes and face down protests.

Australia denies visa to 'No 1 anti-vaxxer'

SYDNEY - A man who describes himself as the "world's No 1 anti-vaxxer" has been barred from entering Australia, officials said on Thursday, in a further crackdown on the anti-immunisation movement after outbreaks of preventable diseases.

Building collapse kills 18 after days of rain in India

MUMBAI, India - At least 18 people died on Thursday when a building collapsed in India's financial capital Mumbai following heavy rains that have wreaked havoc in many parts of South Asia.

Texas chemical plant is threatened by flood

DALLAS, Texas - A flooded chemical plant in a small town outside of Houston was poised to explode, a spokeswoman for the French company said late on Wednesday, though the timing and the extent of the danger weren't immediately clear.

20 Rohingya dead after boat sinks off coast of Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The death toll from a boat that sank in Bangladesh while carrying Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar to 20 on Thursday after another 14 bodies were recovered, said a local police official.

Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by

MIAMI, Florida - The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on Friday at a safe but unusually close distance of about 7 million kilometers, NASA said.

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