Spain offers Madrid as host of December UN climate summit
MADRID — Spain's interim leader has offered to have Madrid host an international U.N. climate conference next month that was originally scheduled to b...
Apple TV Plus joins streaming wars, has Oprah but no catalog
LOS ANGELES — As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point — Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars br...
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan — A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterwar...
In nod to protests, Iraq president calls for new voting law
BAGHDAD — Iraq's president on Thursday called for the drafting of a new election law and said he would approve early elections once it is enacted, bow...
The Latest: White House denounces Dems’ ‘unhinged’ obsession
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment resolution (all times local):
Review: Michael Kiwanuka’s 3rd album is expressive wonder
Michael Kiwanuka, "Kiwanuka" (Interscope Records)
Syria talks: Possible path toward peace, or another dead end
GENEVA — Syria's government and opposition have delicately sat down for their first face-to-face talks, amid the hopes of millions of Syrians and gove...
Legal opinion: Poland, Hungary, Czechs broke EU migrant law
BRUSSELS — With overcrowded Greek migrant camps facing explosive new problems, a top EU legal adviser said Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic brok...
Hong Kong protesters, police in Halloween standoff
HONG KONG — Police and protesters engaged in a standoff in Hong Kong's nightlife district on Thursday after pro-democracy demonstrators urged people t...
2 new California fires burn homes, send residents fleeing
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Strong winds fanned new fires in Southern California on Thursday, burning homes and forcing residents to flee in a repeat of a f...
TSA finds gun-shaped toilet paper roller in bag at airport
NEWARK, N.J. — Transportation Security Administration agents at New Jersey's Newark Liberty Airport uncovered a more decorative than deadly item when ...
Real estate stocks surge as investors balance risk
NEW YORK — In 2019, investors have relied on bricks and mortar to balance the riskier parts of their portfolios and get a good return.
The Latest: Cyprus rescues 28 Syrians, Lebanese aboard boat
BRUSSELS — The Latest on immigration into Europe (all times local):
Security firm says Chinese hackers intercepted text messages
WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted c...
As economy slows, new ECB head Lagarde faces big challenges
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's economy is losing strength. Top officials at the European Central Bank are at odds over policy. And it's even unclear wh...
Final ‘Or-derrrs’: UK Commons speaker John Bercow bows out
LONDON — It's last or-derrrs for John Bercow.
N. Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up...
Ukraine’s plan to sell farmland raises fears of foreigners
NEBELYTSIA, Ukraine — Most of Ukraine's rich farmland is carved up into small plots owned by about 7 million people, like Tetiana Petrovych, the postm...
Global stocks mixed after Wall Street rises on Fed rate cut
BEIJING — Global stock markets were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut a key U.S. interest rate and Chinese factory activity contracted.
Fire nearly destroys historic Japanese castle
TOKYO — A fire broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the ...
Berlin Wall’s fall stokes memories of lost hopes in Russia
MOSCOW — When the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union stepped back, letting East Germany's communist government collapse and then quickly accepting Ger...
3rd strong quake this month kills 5 in southern Philippines
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines — The third strong earthquake this month killed five people Thursday, injured several others and destroyed buildings that were ...
Disabled, infirm at senior complex were ‘abandoned’ in dark
NOVATO, Calif. — One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got turned around, even...
Chile cancels climate, trade summits amid protest chaos
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Sebastián Piñera canceled two major international summits and said he would focus on restoring security and moving...
Thai entrepreneur pushing insects as the snack of the future
BANGKOK — They are sold in bags like salted peanuts, or tubes like stacked potato chips, but these crunchy morsels on the shelves of Thai convenience ...
Mayors for Pete: Buttigieg hunts for support in city halls
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Pete Buttigieg works to prove the leader of a city of roughly 100,000 people is ready to assume the American presidency, ...
Stable costs but more uninsured as ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups open
WASHINGTON — More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law aren't li...
Border wall, impeachment battle imperil budget progress
WASHINGTON — A bitter fight over funding for border fencing is imperiling Capitol Hill efforts to forge progress on more than $1.4 trillion worth of o...
Chicago teachers ok tentative agreement but strike goes on
CHICAGO — Chicago's teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials, Wednesday, but have refused to return to work ...
California nursing home patients had minutes to flee fire
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — A wildfire pushed by gale-force winds moved with terrifying speed toward a psychiatric nursing care facility Wednesday, leavin...