Egypt begins restoration of King Tut's golden coffin

CAIRO - In a state-of-the art conservation laboratory in the Grand Egyptian Museum, the large gilded coffin of famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun was placed inside a plastic incubator for sterilization. The objective is to restore this outermost coffin first time since it was discovered almost a century ago.

Bears leave shepherds skittish in Pyrenees

LARRAU, France - As day breaks over the Pyrenees mountains, hundreds of sheep scuttle up from a valley, the clanging of their neck bells echoing around the hills that fringe the French-Spanish border.

Southeast Asia open to Huawei over 5G

Southeast Asian countries eyeing the promise of 5G connectivity to boost economic development are sticking to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei among others.

Climate activist Thunberg to join zero-emissions transatlantic voyage

Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish girl who inspired tens of thousands of people to join a climate march last year, has begun a world tour that will entail crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a zero-emissions racing yacht.

Pakistan condemns revocation of special status for India-controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI - The Indian government on Monday revoked India-controlled Kashmir's special status, stripping the significant autonomy it has enjoyed for seven decades in a move expected to further inflame tensions in the Muslim-majority region and infuriate Pakistan, which controls another portion of Kashmir.

Mass shootings roil US politics anew

The issue of gun violence was thrust again into the US political arena, as authorities attempted to explain two mass shootings over the weekend in which 29 people were killed in Texas and Ohio.

Life in public-shooting era: 'You can't just not go'

Ohio: A bar district where friends gathered for drinks on a warm on Saturday night. Texas: A Walmart stocked with supplies for back-to-school shopping on an August morning. California: A family-focused festival that celebrates garlic, the local cash crop.

US, ROK to hold drills despite Pyongyang ire

Seoul and Washington kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Monday, despite warnings from Pyongyang that the drills could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy.

Boris Johnson's $2.1b for NHS gets mixed reception

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country's "strong economic performance" has created an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) to fund the National Health Service, on top of an annual budget increase announced by his predecessor Theresa May.

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HPV vaccine lack in Africa raises concern

A serious shortage of the vaccine that prevents human papilloma virus, or HPV, has continued to delay a widespread campaign in Africa, denying millions of women the protection, experts have said.

Thousands protesters march in Seoul against Tokyo trade curbs

SEOUL - Waving banners and signs and chanting anti-Japan slogans, thousands of protesters marched in Seoul on Saturday to express their anger at Japan's decision to downgrade the Republic of Korea's trade status amid an escalating diplomatic row.