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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Friday rejected the North's highly unusual overture to send North Korean relatives to Seoul to reunite with the 13 restaurant workers it says were abducted in China by spies from the South.

Dwight Howard defeated Australia's Andrew Bogut in the battle of the big men and the Houston Rockets hung on to claim their first victory in the NBA playoff series against the Golden State Warriors.

Police and SES volunteers searching for large hunting knife they suspect was used to stab boxer Quinton Donahue.

Broadway musical hit An American in Paris, inspired by the Oscar-winning MGM film classic starring Gene Kelly, is to open in the West End next year.

What's been happening this week in the debate around the U.K.'s membership of the EU?

How decaying mansions were reborn

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street broke a three-day winning streak and declined.

Despite growing tensions, Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa has reiterated support for the donation of land in Valhalla for the erection of a mosque.

A poacher received a 12-month sentence from a KZN court after he was found with 21 crayfish - 13 more than the legal limit.

– The Senate has inaugurated twelve-men panel that will decide the fate of Saraki as Senate president – The committee will have one week for liaising with other senators and submit their recommendations at the plenary The Nigerian Senate has inaugurated the committee to decide the fate of Bukola Saraki, who is currently facing trial […]

It’s been just over one month since our very own Candice Abrahams brought back the Mrs World crown home from China. And judging by her social media posts she’s loving every moment of her reign.

The influential and successful recording artist had a few major moments on television. In remembering Prince, many have cited his performance at the 2007 Super Bowl as one of his greatest shows.

A year ago, Freddie Gray was picked up by police and died a week later in a hospital. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to chief Kevin Davis about how he's changed the way officers patrol the community.

Britain holds a referendum this June on whether to leave the E.U. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to the BBC's Jonny Dymond, who is covering President Obama's overseas trip.

Employers often rule out applicants with felony convictions. Data show when the military made an exception and allowed people with felony convictions to enlist, they performed better than their peers.

Renee Montagne talks with geobiologist Hope Jahren about her book Lab Girl. Jahren studies plants, seeds and soil. Her passion for science started as a little girl spending hours in her father's lab.

The Republican National Committee is meeting this week in Hollywood, Florida. Delegates from across the country are gathered there ahead of July's presidential nominating convention in Cleveland.

Uber will pay up to $100 million to settle the suits, and drivers will stay independent contractors, not employees, in California and Massachusetts, just as the ride-booking company had maintained.

More than 100 nations will sign the climate change deal agreed to in December. It will eventually commit nealy all the world's governments to cut back on greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

Music fans are still reeling from the news that Prince died on Thursday at age 57. People are gathering to pay their respects. In New York, there was a party beneath the marquee of the Apollo Theater.

Music icon Prince died on Thursday at age 57. NYU instructor Zaheer Ali and Prince biographer Toure, who prefers using only his first name, talk about some of the artist's lesser-known classics.

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, the statements of the Turkish leadership on Nagorno-Karabakh crisis are absolutely unacceptable.

Jon Peter Persent is content. He has found his purpose. But he'll never forget how the streets made him the man he is today, writes Gasant Abarder.