CHENGDU, China (AP) – In the more than 40 years since China and the US established formal diplomatic relations, accusations have been exchanged, tensions have risen and fallen, and the two sides have come dangerously close to a direct confrontation. However, the forced closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston …
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LONDON (AP) – St. Bernard is known for helping rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but things changed on Sunday in northern England. Sixteen volunteers from the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team took turns taking Daisy, a 121-pound (55-kilogram) St Bernard, from England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike. The mountain rescue team …
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GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) – Stranded on a small Italian island, a cancer researcher became increasingly alarmed to hear that, and then three more visitors became ill with COVID-19. Paola Muti prepared for a rapid spread of the coronavirus to the 800 close-knit islanders, many of whom she knows well. …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The world’s largest cosmetic companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something like this: if your husband loses interest in you, if his colleagues fire him at work, if your talents are ignored, whiten your skin to change your love life, …
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SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France (AP) – House keys, wallet or purse, mobile phone and … oh yes: mask. Reluctantly for many, but also inexorably facing a deadly invisible enemy, tiny rectangles of fragile but life-saving fabric have joined the list of items in just a few months so as not to leave …
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