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Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species
TEL AVIV, Israel - As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway's lesser known legacies - the invasion of hundreds o...
Jan 18, 2020
Officials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano
LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano that erupted last weekend belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered frequently with earthquakes Thursday, prompting authorities to block access to nearby t...
Jan 18, 2020
1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations
TOMALI, Malawi - A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubbo...
Jan 18, 2020
Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
CANBERRA, Australia - Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefigh...
Jan 18, 2020
Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China
TOKYO - Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the Chinese...
Jan 18, 2020
Buttigieg decision on police chief shadows presidential run
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg. It was March 2012, and the 30-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just decided to replace the city...
Jan 18, 2020
Senate passes US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, a Trump priority
WASHINGTON - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy wi...
Jan 18, 2020
Guatemala sweeps up migrant group, returns them to border
EL CINCHADO, Guatemala - Guatemalan police accompanied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept up the majority of a group of some 300 migrants Thursday, loaded them on buses and took ...
Jan 18, 2020
Trump's trial begins, senators vowing 'impartial justice'
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday - senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of "impartial justice" as jurors, H...
Jan 18, 2020
Giuliani associate names Trump, Pence, more in Ukraine plan
WASHINGTON - A close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is claiming Trump was directly involved in the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe B...
Jan 18, 2020
