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Stormy Daniels' lawyers argue for timely lawyer-fee paymentsA judge should grant attorney fees to lawyers who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against Ohio's capital city before competing claims on...Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a...6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officerSix people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with...Michelle promotes girls education in VietnamFormer US first lady Michelle Obama spoke to students at a school in southern Vietnam while promoting education for girls to help reach their full...Toxic bushfire haze blankets eastern AustraliaToxic haze blanketed Sydney Tuesday triggering a chorus of smoke alarms to ring across the city, as Australians braced for “severe” weather conditions expected to...Antarctica-bound plane missing with 38 on boardThe Chilean Air Force reported on Monday the disappearance of one of its cargo planes that was headed to a base in Antarctica with 38...North Korea calls Trump 'erratic' old man over tweetsNorth Korea insulted U.S. President Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a "heedless and erratic old man" after he tweeted that North Korean leader...US misled public on progress in Afghanistan warThe U.S. government across three White House administrations misled the public about failures in the Afghanistan war, often suggesting success where it didn't exist, according...French strike chaos deepens in crucial week for MacronThe Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support...Up to 13 feared dead in volcanic eruption off New ZealandUnstable conditions hampered rescue workers Tuesday from searching for at least eight people missing and feared dead after a volcano off the New Zealand coast...Saudi gunman tweeted against US before naval base shootingThe Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support...Watchdog expected to find Russia probe valid, despite flawsThe Justice Department's internal watchdog will release a highly anticipated report Monday that is expected to reject President Donald Trump's claims that the Russia investigation...Johnson promises lower immigration if he wins pollsBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was nervous about his narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's election but pledged to deliver a...New Zealand pledges to take more steps against plastic wastesNew Zealand will phase out more single-use plastics, announced its government on Sunday.A report, Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand, was released by the Prime...Kenya: 2 survivors found 2 days after building collapseKenyan rescuers digging through the rubble of a six-story building found two survivors alive Sunday, two days after it collapsed in Nairobi and killed at...Macron to hold meeting on pensionsFrench President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday meet ministers involved in his radical pension reform which has prompted a nationwide strike and brought key transport...Protests, strike bring France to standstillTruckers blocked roads in about 10 regions around France on Saturday to protest against a planned reduction in tax breaks on diesel for road transport,...US navy base gunman 'watched mass-shooting videos'The Saudi gunman who attacked a Florida navy base on Friday played videos of mass shootings at a dinner beforehand, according to a US official.Mohammed...US resumes talks with Taliban in DohaWashington resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted diplomatic efforts that could...Marine life under threat from loss of oxygen levelsThe loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks "dire effects" on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body...Merkel expresses 'deep shame' during visit to AuschwitzGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland."I feel deep...Japan asked for 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent rape, disease'Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed by Kyodo...Major mass shootings in the United StatesA shooting in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday that left at least four people dead was the second mass killing on a US military installation in...16 people beheaded in DR Congo militia massacreSuspected militia fighters have decapitated 16 people in a new village massacre near Beni in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civil society sources said Friday.Three...Lisbon excursion offers Netanyahu brief escape from troublesIn a brief escape from his legal and political struggles in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoyed a leisurely excursion in Portugal, keeping a relatively...Independence not on ballot, but on voters' mindsAsk voters in this picturesque university town in eastern Scotland how they're voting in next week's election, and they're likely to transition seamlessly from talking...Woman revived after 6 hours in cardiac arrestA British woman suffering from severe hypothermia who was revived by doctors in Spain after more than six hours of cardiac arrest, on Thursday (Dec...Main UK election contenders prepare for last election debateBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to take on the leader of the main opposition Labour Party in the last major debate ahead of...UN says 58 migrants dead as boat capsizes off MauritaniaAt least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania,...US mulling 14,000 more troops for Mideast: ReportThe United States is weighing sending up to 14,000 more troops to the Middle East in the face of a perceived threat from Iran, the...France braced for biggest national strike in yearsFrance is preparing for severe disruption as millions of workers go on strike in protest at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions.School...Sydney man charged with plotting terror attackAustralian police have arrested a 21-year-old man in Sydney on three separate terrorism charges.Police allege that the man, who has not been named, was a...Trump calls Trudeau 'two-faced' as palace gossip goes viralNATO leaders professed unity on Wednesday at a summit near London — but a spat over off-the-cuff chit chat at a royal reception rattled their...UN adopts resolution renewing authorization for Somalia anti-piracy measuresUnited Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted Resolution 2500 renewing the authorization for Somalia anti-piracy measures to December of 2020.The United States-drafted resolution has...US House passes Uighur bill urging sanctions on Chinese officialsThe US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that would apply sanctions against senior Chinese officials, triggering a furious response from Beijing.The legislation adds...150 structures burnt in S.Africa shack fireA shack fire in an informal settlement in eastern South Africa's Durban burned 150 structures, affecting over 200 people, local authorities said Tuesday.There were no...6.0-magnitude quake hits Arica, Chile -- USGSAn earthquake measuring magnitude 6.0 jolted Chilean coastal city Arica at around 3:46 a.m. local time (0846 GMT) on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The...Nato leaders gather as alliance’s cracks showNato leaders are to meet outside of London for formal talks on Wednesday, as they gather to mark the military alliance's 70th anniversary.The talks will...Australia denies medical evacuations for refugeesAustralia has controversially repealed a law which allowed sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country.The government's push to scrap the "medevac" law...Mexico arrests 10 over deadly firefight near US borderMexican authorities said Tuesday they have arrested 10 alleged gunmen from a drug cartel commando that attacked a town near the US border, leaving six...UNICEF condemns killing of children in LibyaThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday condemned airstrikes that killed children in the south of the Libyan capital Tripoli and the southern town...Mexican border town gripped by fear after gunbattle kills 22A small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday, gripped by fear after the killing of 22 people in a ferocious weekend gunbattle...Johnson pressured on jail terms after London attackThe London Bridge attack pushed law and order towards the top of the British political agenda on Saturday, with days to go before a snap...US Supreme Court to take up gun control caseThe United States Supreme Court will address gun control on Monday for the first time in nearly 10 years with a majority of justices seen...Merkel's party rejects full overhaul of coalitionThe leader of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel's party is rejecting a radical renegotiation of the agreement underpinning Germany's governing coalition after its junior partner elected...Officials: 3 dead after small plane crash in San AntonioOfficials say three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport.San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood...Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at NortheastHundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm moved to the Northeast...Death toll put at 20 for Mexico cartel attack near US borderMexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and...10 wounded in shooting near New Orleans' French QuarterTen people were shot and wounded early Sunday near the French Quarter in New Orleans, a popular spot for tourists. Hours later in another part...9 die in stampede as Brazilian police clash with party crowdPolice officers pursuing fleeing suspects clashed with people at a street party in a Sao Paulo slum, setting off a stampede in which nine people...