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Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. CEO Shigehisa Takada listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs related to its production of defective air bag inflators. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
'Like bombs': Bankrupt company's air bags still out thereTakata's lethally defective air bags proved to be the company's undoing
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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, file photo, Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, center, leaves federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, after he was released on bail in connection with a United Nations bribery scheme in New York. Jury selection began Monday, June 26, 2017, in the New York criminal trial of Ng. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Jury pick starts in UN-bribery trial of Chinese billionaireJury selection has begun in the New York criminal trial of a Chinese billionaire charged with trying to bribe United Nations diplomats to ease approval of a U.N. conference center
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Mongolia's ruling party candidate loses in presidential raceThe Mongolian ruling party's candidate was defeated in presidential elections by a populist business tycoon and a nationalist wanting the country to benefit more from its mineral wealth
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Myanmar army holds reporters who covered rebel drug burningMyanmar's military has detained seven people, including three journalists, who observed the destruction of illegal drugs by an ethnic rebel group fighting the government
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Mo Shaoping, the former lawyer of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, speaks during an interview in his law offices in Beijing, Monday, June 26, 2017. Jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate and dissident Liu has been transferred to a hospital following a diagnosis of late-stage liver cancer, Mo said Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate given medical paroleImprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been transferred to a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer
The Associated Press6 hours ago
German hiker missing on dormant Indonesian volcanoRescuers in Indonesia are searching for a German hiker who went missing while climbing a dormant volcano
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Local residents examine the burnt motorcycles at the site of Sunday's fuel tanker fire incident at a highway near Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Monday, June 26, 2017. The Pakistani prime minister cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of the massive fuel tanker fire as authorities on Monday raised the death toll from the blaze to more than 155. (AP Photo/Iram Asim)
Toll from oil tanker fire in Pakistan climbs to 157Pakistan death toll from massive fuel truck fire rises to 157; many still in critical condition
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Thai democracy activist indicted on year-old chargesA Thai court has heard year-old charges against a pro-democracy activist arrested over the weekend, as authorities sought to discourage commemorations of the anniversary of the country's 1932 transition from an absolute to constitutional monarchy
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A man walks in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Asian markets rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from losses to end the week higher on stronger oil and natural gas prices. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
German economic strength gives European markets a liftGlobal stock markets have risen after Wall Street rebounded from losses to end the week higher on stronger oil and gas prices
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2017, file photo, Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) Group President and CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia. Authorities in Indonesia has issued a travel ban against Tanoesoedibjo, an Indonesian business partner of U.S. President Donald Trump, after he was accused of threatening a deputy attorney general, officials said Monday, June 26, 2017. Tanoesoedibjo has been barred from leaving Indonesia from June 22 to July 12 due to the case, which is under investigation by the National Police's criminal investigation unit, said Agung Sampurno, the Indonesian Immigration Office spokesman. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)
Trump's Indonesian business partner slapped with travel banAuthorities in Indonesia say they've issued a travel ban against the Indonesian business partner of U.S. President Donald Trump after he was accused of threatening a deputy attorney general
The Associated Press10 hours ago
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017, file photo, Corsa CEO George Dethlefsen in red speaks to workers at a new Corsa coal mine in Friedens, Pa. The world’s biggest coal users - China, the United States and India - have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s record global decline for the heavily polluting fuel and a setback to efforts to rein in climate change emissions. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)
Coal on the rise in China, US, India after major 2016 dropChina, the United States and India have been ramping up coal mining in 2017, making an abrupt departure from last year's record global declines for the heavily-polluting fuel
The Associated Press10 hours ago
Obama and family go river rafting during Indonesia vacationFormer U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were seen on a river rafting trip during their Indonesian vacation
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Crown Resorts employee Jiang Ling, left, and her American husband Jeff Sikkema, right, leave the Baoshan District People's Court after attending her trail in Shanghai, China, Monday, June 26, 2017. Australian and Chinese employees of a casino company on Monday pleaded guilty to charges relating to gambling and the three Australians were sentenced to nine or 10 months' imprisonment, an Australian official said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China sentences 16 from Australia's Crown Resorts to prisonOfficials say a Chinese court has sentenced 16 Australian and Chinese employees of a casino company to nine to 10 months in prison after they pleaded guilty to gambling-related charges
The Associated Press12 hours ago
Lawyer says jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on medical parole after diagnosis of terminal liver cancerLawyer says jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on medical parole after diagnosis of terminal liver cancer
The Associated Press14 hours ago
China landslide site evacuated over concerns of 2nd slideRescue crews have been told to evacuate the site of a deadly landslide in southwestern China over concerns of a second landslide
The Associated Press14 hours ago
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AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesThe Latest: Imam still hopes for Syrian mother-in-law visaPeople visit the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017, as justices issued their final rulings for the term. The high court is letting a limited version of the Trump administration ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP Entertainment HeadlinesPrince Harry once 'wanted out' of Britain's royal familyFILE - In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry speaks to people during his visit to Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London. In an interview published on Sunday June 25, 2017 in The Mail on Sunday, the prince said the time he spent in the army was “the best escape I’ve ever had” and that he once considered giving up his title. He said: “I felt I wanted out, but then decided to stay in and work out a role for myself.” (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)
AP Online - SportsTebow being promoted to Mets' affiliate in FloridaFILE- In this April 6, 2017, file photo, Columbia Fireflies outfielder Tim Tebow looks out from the dugout before the team's minor league baseball game against the Augusta GreenJackets in Columbia, S.C. Tebow has been promoted to the New York Mets' high Class A affiliate in St. Lucie, Fla. General manager Sandy Alderson announced the move before the Mets' 8-2 win at San Francisco on Sunday, June 25. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)
AP Online - International NewsDozens missing after tourist boat sinks in ColombiaBoats are docked at the reservoir where a ferry sank in Guatape, Colombia, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Nine people were dead and 28 missing after a tourist ferry packed with around 170 passengers for the holiday weekend capsized Sunday on a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
AP Online - International News9 still missing after tourist boat sinks in ColombiaIn this photo released by Juan Quiroz, a boat races towards the sinking El Almirante ferry at a reservoir in Guatape, Colombia, Sunday, June 25, 2017. After suspending their search overnight due to a lightning storm, scuba divers mid-morning Monday had pulled a seventh body from the underwater wreckage. Authorities’ attention was also turning to the causes of the accident and whether possible negligence by the company that owned the boat, called El Almirante, contributed to the accident. (Juan Quiroz via AP)
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