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Strong Quake Jolts Northwest Japan; No Major Damage Reported

France Plans to Change Jobless Benefits, Unions to Protest

President Macron's government has unveiled plans to make it more difficult for the unemployed to claim benefits

Biden Teases $19.8M Fundraising Haul for This Quarter

Biden Teases $19.8M Fundraising Haul for This Quarter

Contribution figures, which will be made public July 15, will indicate which candidates have the resources to last and those on track to reach the fundraising goals set by the Democratic National Committee

Amazon Adds More Jets to Its Growing Fleet

Amazon says it currently has 42 planes in its fleet and will have 70 by 2021

Economic Reggae: Jamaican Bank Sells Recovery With Songs

n the bank’s latest video, reggae artist Tarrus Riley uses his throaty vocals to praise low, stable and predictable inflation as being what the bass-line is to reggae music.

'Burning River' Loses Sting in Cleveland 50 Years After Fire

The 1969 fire, which lasted less than an hour, began when a spark from a train landed on an oil and garbage slick, but it became iconic and led to the creation of the EPA and clean water bills

DR Officials Identify Man Believed to Have Paid Ortiz Hitmen

The man was identified as Alberto Miguel Rodríguez Mota, whom authorities say is a fugitive.

Italian Woman Who Was Europe's Oldest Person Has Died at 116

The Italian news agency ANSA said Giuseppina Robucci died Tuesday in the southern Italian town of Poggio Imperiale, where she was born on March 20, 1903

Newtown Parents Score a Win in Growing Fight Against Hoaxers

In the case against Jones, the families of eight victims and a first responder say they've been subjected to harassment and death threats from his followers

UK Judge Sentences Teen for Abhorrent Post on Prince Harry

Teenager who created an 'abhorrent' online image of Prince Harry is sentenced to 4 years and three months in a young offenders' institution

China Suspends Imports from Canadian Pork Company

Icelandair Stops Tampa Service Over Grounded 737 Max Planes

Venezuela's Misery Doesn't Even Spare the Dead in Maracaibo

Thieves have broken into some of the vaults and coffins in El Cuadrado cemetery since late last year, stealing ornaments and sometimes items from corpses as the country sinks to new depths of deprivation

About 160 Dead after Days of Congo Intercommunal Violence

Expert: UN Failed Before Rohingya Crackdown in Myanmar

Strong Quake Jolts Northwest Japan; No Major Damage Reported

Quake was fairly shallow, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the sea's surface, although shallow quakes tend to cause more damage on the Earth's surface

Facebook Plans Its Own Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

Platini Arrested as Part of 2022 World Cup Investigation

Official says Platini was placed in custody on Tuesday morning when he was summoned at the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police outside Paris

US Education Department to Investigate UNC Middle East Event