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China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies

BEIJING -- Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world's major economies,...

Timeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72

LONDON -- Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II led to deaths of 72 people in a high-rise apartment building in west London...

New Zealand triples price for tourists to enter country, citing infrastructure and conservation costs

New Zealand is tripling the cost for tourists to enter the country. The Tourism Minister says maintaining infrastructure and paying to preserve the country’s sprawling...

Storm floods northern Philippine regions, disrupting schools, work and travel

MANILA, Philippines -- A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, leaving at least...

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

SAO PAULO -- The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many...

Norwegian princess prepares to marry American self-professed shaman

The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Martha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway.The...

Putin to travel to Mongolia next week despite an ICC warrant for his arrest

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court,...

Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?

BEIRUT -- The ferocious exchange of fire by Hezbollah and the Israeli military is raising fears of a regional war beyond the tense border....

Botswana says a huge 2,492-carat diamond has been uncovered at a mine

GABORONE, Botswana -- The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president...

World’s ‘largest solar precinct’ approved by Australian government

NEWCASTLE, Australia -- An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to...

Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117

Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family saysMADRID -- Maria Branyas, an American-born...

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