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Watch: Zoo Atlanta's giant panda gives birth to twins, again

Monday, 5 September 2016, 09:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Atlanta's zoo says a 19-year-old giant panda has given birth to a set of twins. Zoo Atlanta said in a news release Saturday that giant panda named Lun Lun delivered the twin...

Watch: Economic summit opens in China amid sluggish growth, trade

Monday, 5 September 2016, 08:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The American and Chinese presidents are calling on major economies to defend free trade at a summit held as sluggish growth and disputes over steel and other imports fuel demands in the United States...

Nationalists overtake Merkel's party in German state vote

Monday, 5 September 2016, 06:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A nationalist, anti-immigration party performed strongly in a state election Sunday in the region where German Chancellor Angela Merkel has her political base, overtaking her conservatives to take...

AP EXPLAINS: Saints, miracles and Mother Teresa

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 06:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

For many of the poor and destitute whom Mother Teresa served, the tiny nun was a living saint. Many at the Vatican would agree, but the Catholic Church nevertheless has a grueling process to make it...

Officials say remains of Minnesota boy missing since 1989 found

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 06:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The remains of Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old boy kidnapped from a rural Minnesota road nearly 27 years ago, were identified Saturday, authorities said, providing long-awaited answers to a mystery...

Pope Francis hails volunteers on eve of Mother Teresa sainthood

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 14:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other suffering, while commending the example of Mother Teresa on the eve of a...

China ratifies Paris climate deal ahead of G-20 summit

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 07:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

China announced on Saturday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this...

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