UNITED NATIONS — South Korea’s president has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military…
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Dario Vitale debuts as Versace creative director in ‘intimate’ event with VIPs and sex-charged looks
MILAN — Versace’s “intimate event” to launch Dario Vitale as the new creative director during Milan Fashion Week on Friday sprawled over two floors of a 17th-century palazzo…
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The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the…
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Friday mandating a minimum size, an exclusive bathroom and other standards in subdivided apartments — a common living arrangement…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A Qantas flight from Sydney landed safely in New Zealand on Friday after the pilots made a mayday call to report a potential fire in…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand jury convicted a man of murder and arson Friday for setting the fire at the boarding house where he lived that…
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White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown
WASHINGTON — The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night,…
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HOUSTON — A Texas man faces execution Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter during a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an “exorcism” to expel…
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NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs returns to court Thursday for a hearing that could help decide how long the Grammy-winning producer will stay in prison. Judge Arun…
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Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery in what will be the nation’s latest execution carried out…