LONDON — Officials say the chimes of Britain’s Big Ben bell will fall silent for several months during a three-year restoration of Parliament’s crumbling clock tower.
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Polish historian cites radar test
WARSAW, Poland — A historian in northeastern Poland says the moss-covered ruins of a German World War II bunker may hide Russia’s precio...
Ecuador faces long reconstruction
QUITO, Ecuador — The death count from Ecuador’s worst earthquake in a decade rose to at least 587 on Thursday even as the country f...
At least 2 people dead in accident
RIO DE JANEIRO — At the flame-lighting in the ruins of Ancient Olympia, Brazil's sport minister Ricardo Leyser tried to assure the worl...
160 nations set to sign on Friday
UNITED NATIONS — About 160 countries are expected to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday in a symbolic triumph for a landm...
She succeeded her father at 26
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch, is celebrating her 90th birthday today with a day at home and a ...
In Ecuador, teams search for survivors
MANTA, Ecuador — Rescuers are in a race against time to find survivors from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake as the death t...
Pope thanks Greece for taking migrants
MORIA, Greece — Pope Francis made an emotional visit to Greece on Saturday to thank its people for welcoming migrants and meet...
He is most senior official to ever visit site
HIROSHIMA, Japan — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima’s atomic bombing, delivering...
NEW DELHI — The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with some 3,890 counted by con...
