US tells the UN it wants out of Paris deal

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration officially told the United Nations that the United States intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact.

Venezuela's constituent assembly names interim prosecutor general

CARACAS/BRASILIA - Venezuela's newly installed National Constituent Assembly on Saturday dismissed the sitting prosecutor general Luisa Ortega Diaz, and named her successor.

Sessions vows to crackdown on classified leaks

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to rein in government leaks that he said undermine US security, taking an aggressive public stand after being called weak on the matter by President Donald Trump.

Trump's tweets warm to US attorney general

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Saturday had some warm words for Attorney General Jeff Sessions after weeks of publicly slamming him for being "weak".

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Cuban food melting pot of culinary influences

HAVANA - Cuba's culinary heritage is alive and well, thanks to award-winning Cuban chef Jorge Luis Mendez and others like him.

Sizzling summer a foretaste of the future for Southern Europe

ROME - Swathes of southern Europe sweltered Saturday in a heat wave that has claimed several lives, cost billions in crop damage and is, scientists warned, a foretaste of worse to follow in coming decades.

Grand jury spurs Russia investigation

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller is using a grand jury in Washington as part of an investigation into alleged coordination between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia, a source familiar with the probe said on Thursday.

Blaze ravages world's largest fish market

TOKYO - Japanese police and fire investigators sifted through the charred wreckage of parts of the world's largest fish market, a day after flames tore through seven buildings at the Tokyo tourist site.

Rooftop hives keeping Paris honeybees buzzing

PARIS - To check the beehives he has set up on the roof of the sprawling Monnaie de Paris on the banks of the River Seine, Audric de Campeau slips a harness over his tan-colored trousers.

Soccer returns to Mosul - unencumbered by IS rules

MOSUL, Iraq - After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at a soccer field in the eastern part of the city - and this time without the restrictions imposed by Islamic State group militants.

Romans sweating through worst heat wave in more than 60 years

ROME - With the Italian capital gripped by a crippling drought and its most severe heat wave since the mid-1950s, analysts say the city government needs to make structural changes to avoid the worst impacts from future bouts with extreme heat.