UK's May warns deal with opposition only way to secure Brexit

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday defended her decision to turn to Britain's main opposition party to get her EU divorce deal approved, warning without cross-party consensus Brexit could "slip through our fingers".

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How do you teach a 1-year-old quantum physics?

Like most fathers, I have kept up the habit of buying cartoon books for my baby girl, who is now one year old, to encourage her to develop an interest in the outside world.

Why bring your girl to a bookstore?

I've recently become hooked on taking my two-year-old daughter to visit children's bookstores, and with more and more of them popping up around Beijing, there are plenty to choose from when I'm drawing up my "must-see" list.

Public health warning a tough nut to crack

When the dry season sets in across China's southernmost province of Hainan in November, local farmers will gear up to harvest from rows of areca palms in its vast coastal fields.

One man's story of addiction and suffering

Name: Xu BingBin

May hopes to find softer way forward

British Prime Minister Theresa May appeared to finally concede she had run into a Brexit brick wall on Tuesday when she announced her intention to sit down with the leader of the United Kingdom's official opposition in search of a way forward.

Guaido stripped of immunity

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly, or ANC, on Tuesday unanimously approved the revocation of parliamentary immunity for Juan Guaido, the National Assembly president and head of the opposition.

Higher tax for NYC trophy homes

It just got more expensive to be a millionaire in Manhattan.

Donald Trump retreats from healthcare agenda

US President Donald Trump has retreated from plans to scrap the law that provides healthcare insurance to more than 20 million US citizens. Last week he said that Republicans would be the new "party of healthcare" and would scrap the Affordable Care Act, known as ACA or Obamacare, which was passed during the administration of Barack Obama.

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Red Cross calls for united action

UNITED NATIONS - Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, on Monday asked the international community to protect principled humanitarian action even as the shape of conflict has undergone a rapid transformation in recent years.