Estonia apologizes after official insults Finnish leader
Conservative leader Mart Helme was criticizing the Finnish government when he turned on 34-year-old Sanna Marin, the youngest prime minister in the world.
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Monastery in Iraq survives centuries of upheaval, but threat is still felt
Over the centuries, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery has been more than a house of worship. It's been a sanctuary.
Pope abolishes "pontifical secret" in sex abuse cases
Pope Francis also raised from 14 to 18 the cutoff age below which the Vatican considers pornographic images to be child pornography.
Pakistan ex-president Musharraf sentenced to death for treason
Musharraf was a military commander who seized power and became a key U.S. ally in the "war on terror."
Apple and Google among U.S. tech giants sued over child-mined cobalt
Rights organization accuses the tech giants of "knowingly benefiting from and aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children ... to mine cobalt."
U.N. says "hatred" is helping fuel the worst refugee crisis ever
Officials from the global body say a record 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and helping them is a job for every nation.
China and Russia propose lifting some U.N. sanctions on N. Korea
The U.S., however, says "now is not the time for the U.N. Security Council to consider offering premature sanctions relief" to Pyongyang.
Boeing halts production of grounded 737 Max jets
Troubled jet's production suspension could harm a U.S. economic expansion that many experts already fear is slowing.
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with communications satellite
The new satellite will provide high-speed commercial and government communications across the Asia-Pacific region.
U.N. climate change talks end with main issues unresolved
Despite working through the night, negotiators failed to solve some key focuses of the Paris climate agreement.
Formula 1 heiress robbed of jewelry worth $66 million in London raid
London police are investigating the theft of a large cache of "high-value jewelry" reported stolen from the palatial home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone
What's in the U.S.-China "Phase One" trade deal
The Trump administration is touting the agreement as "momentous," but trade experts see more modest progress.
Scores more injured amid backlash over India's new citizenship law
More than 100 students were injured as police raided a Delhi university to quell a protest against the new law, prompting similar demonstrations at colleges across the nation.
Allies, Germany mark 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper paid tribute to over 19,000 U.S. troops who died in one of the bloodiest battles in the nation's history
Obama says women are "pretty indisputably" better than men
Speaking at a private event in Singapore, the former president said that while women are not perfect, they are "pretty indisputably" better than men.
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