Cyprus: EU stands ready to help restart dormant peace talks
<p>NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Union is ready to “actively contribute” to a new push to revive dormant talks on reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus,...
New Tokyo Olympic president tries to assure Japan on safety
TOKYO — The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun holding weekly news conferences hoping to win over a doubting Japanese...
Greenpeace paints Air France jet green in daring eco-stunt
PARIS — Nine Greenpeace activists were arrested Friday for vandalizing an Air France jet with green paint in an airport eco-protest that raised concerns...
Officials: 18 killed as truck crashes into bus outside Cairo
CAIRO — A trailer-truck crashed into a microbus, killing at least 18 people and injuring five others south of the Egyptian capital, authorities said.
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Crocodile hunt: Search on for escaped reptiles in S. Africa
<p>CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the...
Afghan suspected of stabbing 7 held in custody in Sweden
STOCKHOLM — A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them...
Officials: 18 killed as truck crashes into bus outside Cairo
<p>CAIRO — A trailer-truck crashed into a microbus, killing at least 18 people and injuring five others south of the Egyptian capital, authorities said.</p>
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German woman gets life for kindergarten killing
BERLIN — A court in Germany has convicted a 25-year-old woman of killing a two-year-old child at a kindergarten where she worked in the...
Vaxi Taxi targets vaccine anxiety as UK minority uptake lags
LONDON — The Vaxi Taxi was a godsend for Leslie Reid.
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