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MARACAY (AP) This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought about. But Donald Trump returned to the White House in January and quickly ended...

FRANKFURT (AP): A debate over how to bring back surfing in Germany’s landmark English Garden escalated on Sunday after city workers removed a beam surreptitiously deployed over Christmas to restore a surfable wave in the river that runs through...

NEW YORK (AP): When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP): Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 27, a day before talks between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States, authorities said. Explosions...

The holiday season will soon come to a close, but the busiest time of the year for product returns is just beginning. The US National Retail Federation estimates 17 per cent of holiday purchases will be sent back this year. More retailers are...

World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs told The Associated Press that Schab died at home early Saturday in...

MELBOURNE (AP): Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark a week since two gunmen targeting a Jewish festival killed 15 people. Since then, Australian governments have been...

WASHINGTON (AP): Some of the country’s most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students — a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action. America’s top campuses remain crowded with wealth, but some...

CARACAS (AP): Supporters of Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win, ahead of the prestigious award ceremony next week. Thousands of people...

NEW DELHI (AP): A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub some...

WASHINGTON (AP): For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses could actually help preserve the child’s vision and...

CARACAS (AP): US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the airspace of the South American country should be viewed as closed. The government of Venezuelan President...