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'Artificial snow' could save ice sheet

[2019-07-19 07:58]

LONDON - Governments could stop the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from sliding into the ocean and submerging coastal cities by launching a last-ditch engineering project to blanket its surface with "artificial snow", according to a German study released on Wednesday.

Madrid: A TV series production hub

[2019-07-19 07:58]

MADRID - Media firms are racing to set up television production centers in Madrid following the runaway global success of Spanish series such as Netflix's crime caper Money Heist.

Captain grilled over migrants

[2019-07-19 07:58]

AGRIGENTO, Italy - German captain Carola Rackete, who sparked global headlines by forcibly docking in an Italian port with rescued migrants, was questioned by a Sicilian prosecutor on Thursday for allegedly aiding illegal immigration.

Trump leaning on race issue to win second term

[2019-07-19 07:58]

NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term.

At UN, Iran FM accuses US of 'economic terror'

[2019-07-19 07:58]

UNITED NATIONS - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday renewed accusations that the United States was waging "economic terrorism", on a visit to New York during which Washington has sharply curtailed his movements.

Youth suicide rate hits record high in Japan

[2019-07-19 07:58]

More than 57 people committed suicide in Japan every day in 2018. At least one of them was aged 19 or under, according to data from the nation's health ministry.

Turkish diplomat among two shot dead in Iraq

[2019-07-19 07:58]

ARBIL, Iraq - The Turkish vice-consul to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was among at least two people shot dead on Wednesday in the regional capital Arbil, prompting pledges of "retaliation" from Ankara.

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launchpad

[2019-07-18 07:28]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins on Tuesday returned to the exact spot where he flew off to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Iceland tries to bring back razed forests

[2019-07-18 07:28]

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Before being colonized by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests, but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.

London mayor rejects 305-meter skyscraper plan

[2019-07-18 07:28]

Heritage campaigners are celebrating after London's mayor advised planners to reject a proposed huge addition to the already crowded skyline.

Dengue fever epidemic peaks in Bangladesh

[2019-07-18 07:28]

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Taslima, the mother of a child with dengue fever, said her family had recently traveled to a relative's house in the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, from the Jhenaidah district, about 130 kilometers away.

Trump's tweets rekindle race issue

[2019-07-17 07:57]

The issue of racial division, never far from the surface of US political discourse, has flared up again after US President Donald Trump suggested four Democratic congresswomen, three of whom were born in the United States, go back to the countries they came from.

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