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Eighteen Killed, Fires Still Burning In Huge Iran Port Blast
[ad_1] Fires were blazing Sunday a day after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port, killing at least 18 people and wounding 800 others, according to state media.The...
No Handshake At Muted India-Pakistan Border Ceremony
[ad_1] With swaggering soldiers giving high kicks set to booming patriotic music cheered on by crowds, it was the usual daily border ceremony between nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan.But there...
Austria Trials DNA Testing To Uncover Honey Fraud
[ad_1] At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition -- and in some cases to...
Maligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala
[ad_1] The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.The dinner, while still as...
Trump Trade War Pushes Firms To Consider Stockpiling
[ad_1] Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position of the Trump administration, companies are finding that it isn't so straightforward...
Continuity Or Rupture: What Direction For The Next Pope?
[ad_1] For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new...
Chinese Tea Hub Branches Into Coffee As Tastes Change
[ad_1] At a mountainside cafe in southwestern China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region's traditional drink.For centuries,...
Diplomacy Likely To Trump Geography In Choice Of New Pope
[ad_1] Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.Some hope his successor,...
Buenos Aires Farewells Native Pontiff With Tears And Calls To Action
[ad_1] With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday.As the 88-year-old was being laid to rest an ocean...
Just Stop Oil Activist Group Holds Final March
[ad_1] British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil held its final demonstration in London on Saturday, ending three years of high-profile climate protest stunts as they moved their focus away...
