By Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS — NATO and the European Union are moving forward on deepening co-operation, the alliance’s chief said Tuesday, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump insists European allies start pulling their own military weight. Preparing to chair a meeting in Brussels of the 28-nation military alliance’s […]
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By Dake Kang The Associated Press BANGKOK — An apple a day kept the doctor away but now in Asia, a cup of milk might do the trick. Milk and other dairy products have become an unexpected ally in the fight against Asia’s newest dietary challenges: obesity, and vitamin and […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press The prospect of roasting a duck strikes many a home cook as a mountain too high, but I’m not sure why. It’s definitely no more complicated than cooking a whole turkey, and I think it tastes far better. Some folks surely suspect that duck […]
By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May wants to start Britain’s divorce from the European Union. Eleven judges may stand in her way. On Monday, May’s government will ask Supreme Court justices to overturn a ruling that Parliament must hold a vote before Britain’s exit […]
By Kristin J. Bender And Brian Melley The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — As investigators searched for signs of a crime in the fire that killed at least 33 in an Oakland warehouse during a late-night dance party, survivors and teary-eyed friends of those who perished viewed the charred building […]
By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese leaders face a challenge: How to deal with Donald Trump. Weeks before taking office, the incoming American president is riling Beijing with confrontation and online statements that appear to foreshadow a tougher foreign policy toward China. China awoke Monday to sharp […]
The Associated Press GENEVA — The U.N.’s humanitarian aid co-ordination agency says it and partners require a record $22.2 billion next year to help people hit by conflict and disasters around the world, a 10 per cent increase from the appeal for this year with war and disease wracking countries […]
By Mike Corder The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Gen. Ratko Mladic “called the shots” as his troops murdered and expelled thousands of civilians to carve out an ethnically pure Serb mini-state in Bosnia during the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, a United Nations prosecutor said Monday as Mladic’s genocide […]
By James MacPherson The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Falafel is a mixture of mashed chickpeas, onions and herbs and spices, formed into a small cake and deep fried. It’s traditionally served in a pita or flatbread, with vegetables and tahini sauce or hummus, but you will also find it […]
By Eric Tucker And Josh Lederman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after pleading unsuccessfully to spare her life, in a last-ditch appeal to President Barack Obama to exonerate her amid new evidence. […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has declared its support for requiring women to register for the military draft, a symbolic but significant shift that reflects the U.S. military’s evolution from a male-dominated force to one seeking to incorporate women at all levels. President Barack […]
