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The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on a state-owned oil firm in Venezuela, the latest move of the Trump administration to pile up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to…

Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a TV interview that he is looking into running against Donald Trump in 2020 as an independent presidential candidate. "I am seriously…

A lone duck named Trevor that lived on the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has died, officials say, sparking an outpouring of grief from as far away as New…

"Hundreds of thousands" of fish have died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths are likely to occur, the authorities warned Tuesday. Locals around the…

A 21-year-old man suspected of killing his parents and three other people — including a girl he was dating — was arrested Sunday when he drove up with a gun…

Britain's Prince Philip has apologized to a woman who was injured when the car she was riding in collided with a Land Rover that he was driving. The 97-year-old husband…

Duke University's medical school has issued an apology and launched a review after an administrator admonished students over speaking Chinese in a school building. Megan Neely, who served as graduate…

The U.S. Treasury Department said Sunday it has lifted sanctions imposed on three Russian companies connected to Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a move which some lawmakers once attempted to block.…

Firefighters are carefully moving over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies left by a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with…

A story, entitled "The mystery of Melania" and ran in last Saturday's Telegraph magazine, which has described the current First Lady as the "most private and enigmatic" of Presidential wives.…