April 6, 2017 DNA analysis shows 13,000-year-old mummy girl suffered from periods of famine Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows her to be the genetic link between Paleoamericans and the modern-day indigenous people.
April 6, 2017 Afghanistan dangles lithium wealth to win Trump support The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries that is considered essential to modern life.
April 6, 2017 European Central Bank's Draghi says stimulus still needed European Central Bank head Mario Draghi insisted Thursday that the bank's stimulus efforts were still needed, while acknowledging that the risks to the economy across the 19-country eurozone appear to have diminished.
April 6, 2017 Scotland's leader won't call unilateral independence vote Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Britain's prime minister is doing nothing to break an impasse over Scotland's future after Brexit, but she ruled out holding a referendum on independence without the British government's support.
April 6, 2017 Merkel, Trump talk over concerns over Afghanistan, Ukraine Angela Merkel's spokesman says the German chancellor has talked with U.S. President Donald Trump, exchanging thoughts on the current situation in Afghanistan and in eastern Ukraine.
April 6, 2017 ADB: Asian growth seen steady, US policy uncertainty a risk Asia's developing economies will see steady growth this year and the next, though the evolving policies of President Donald Trump's administration are a major uncertainty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Thursday.
April 6, 2017 Grieving Haitians go into lifetime of debt to fund funerals Aspasie Tanis lives hand-to-mouth on the edge of eviction in the best of times, scraping out a living selling packets of spaghetti and cookies outside her low-slung concrete shack in Haiti's capital.
April 6, 2017 The Latest: Rebel official says UN 'responsible' for deaths The Latest on the suspected chemical attack in Syria (all times local): 5:20 p.m.
April 6, 2017 Nauru president: Australia's refugee policy 'working well' Nauru's president said Thursday that Australia's controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to his Pacific island nation was "working well," as he met with the Australian prime minister amid questions over the fate of hundreds of refugees languishing at Nauru's Australian-run detention camp.
April 6, 2017 Scotland's minister, a Trump critic, says she would meet him Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon, who has been a critic of Donald Trump, said Wednesday she would agree to meet the U.S. president and try to build on the already strong relationship between Scotland and the United States.