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January 28, 2017

Puerto Rico gets more time to propose fiscal plan

A federal control board is giving Puerto Rico's government more time to figure out how to confront its financial crisis.

January 28, 2017

Southern EU leaders make show of unity at Lisbon meeting

Seven southern European leaders are holding a summit to emphasize their commitment to the European Union, in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the bloc.

January 28, 2017

The Latest: France, Germany criticize US migrant block

The Latest on European reaction to President Donald Trump's halt to accepting refugees (all times local): 1:15 p.m.

January 28, 2017

China marks Lunar New Year with prayers, incense, fireworks

Chinese are heading to temples and fairs to wish for an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year.

January 28, 2017

As Year of the Rooster dawns, 'phoenix claws' grace the menu

Saturday marks the start of the lunar Year of the Rooster and families in China will reunite for festivities, fireworks and food.

January 28, 2017

UN says migrant resettlement programs benefit US

Two United Nations agencies say long-standing U.S. support for resettlement programs has offered a double benefit, "first by rescuing some of the most vulnerable people in the world and second by enabling them to enrich their new societies." The International Organization for Migration and the U.N.

January 27, 2017

Bolivia: 19 miners taken hostage by rival group inside mine

Bolivian authorities say that 19 informal miners have been taken hostage inside a mine by a rival group in a remote region of the country.

January 27, 2017

Trump's refugee clampdown stops Iranian path through Austria

Austria has shut its door to about 300 non-Muslim Iranians hoping to use the country as a way station before establishing new homes in the United States, The Associated Press has learned.

January 27, 2017

Puerto Rico celebrates new Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez

Students shouted "Ivan! Ivan! Ivan!" as Ivan Rodriguez visited his former elementary school on Friday, part of a three-day celebration Puerto Rico planned for the newly elected Hall of Fame catcher.

January 27, 2017

US-Mexico trade war could hit Mexico economy, spur migration

If President Donald Trump makes good on threats to gut NAFTA and impose stiff tariffs on Mexican goods, economists say he risks a trade war that could lead to the very thing he is hoping to avoid — a huge surge in Mexican migration to the United States.