Boeing will compensate on groundings

Boeing has said it will take a $5 billion charge to compensate airlines for lost revenue stemming from the extended grounding of its 737 Max jets.

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DRC's Ebola outbreak an 'emergency'

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the deadly Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a public health emergency of international concern.

EU: UK must choose between May's agreement and no-deal exit

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has told the United Kingdom the unloved divorce deal Theresa May negotiated with the bloc remains the only way for the nation to leave in an "orderly manner", despite being soundly defeated three times by the British Parliament.

Russian-US astronauts complete experiment

The six members of the SIRIUS Russian-US crew on Wednesday left the ground-based experimental compound of the Institute of Biomedical Problems at the Russian Academy of Science after completing their four-month isolation experiment.

Prosecutor: Sentence scholar's killer to death

A federal jury will resume deliberations on Thursday on whether Brendt Christensen should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the kidnapping and killing of Zhang Yingying, a Chinese visiting scholar at the University of Illinois.

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DPRK warns of upcoming US-ROK drills

Pyongyang: Nuke talks with Washington to be at risk if military exercises go ahead

Iran assisting 'ailing tanker' off Hormuz

TEHERAN - Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the Islamic republic was assisting a "foreign tanker that had encountered a technical problem" in the Persian Gulf after receiving a distress call.

Najib spent $800,000 in shopping spree in 2014

KUALA LUMPUR - Credit cards belonging to Malaysia's disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak were used to spend more than $800,000 in one day at a luxury jeweler in Italy, a court has heard.

Senior US diplomat mediating Japan-ROK dispute

SEOUL - A senior US diplomat met officials in Seoul on Wednesday amid a worsening political and economic dispute between allies Japan and the Republic of Korea, as Seoul vowed to unveil plans soon to cut dependence on Japanese industries.

Anti-apartheid musician Clegg dies in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed under the country's apartheid system and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died on Tuesday. He was 66 and had pancreatic cancer.