Trump offers Flynn national security adviser job
By KEN THOMAS, CATHERINE LUCEY and JULIE PACE President-elect Donald Trump offered former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser as he began to build out…
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Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components. The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi…
Analysis: N. Korea seeks leverage by playing nuke card
By ERIC TALMADGE Mark up another first for North Korea — two nuclear tests in one year. And that’s not all. With leader Kim Jong Un smiling broadly all the…
Japan’s emperor suggests he would like to abdicate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan’s emperor expressed concern Monday about fulfilling his duties as he ages, in a public address that was remarkable for its rarity and its suggestion that he…
North Korea makes apparent progress with midrange missile
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korea took a significant step Wednesday in the development of a powerful ballistic missile intended to reach U.S. bases in the Pacific, launching…
Solar-powered airplane lands in New York City
The solar-powered airplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago in the United Arab Emirates reached a milestone Saturday, completing a trip across the United States…
Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes
By NANCY BENAC and FOSTER KLUG With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it…
The Latest: G-7 leaders arrive at Japan’s sacred Ise shrine
The latest news on the Group of Seven summit in Japan, where the leaders of the seven advanced economies are meeting for two days (all times local): ___ 11 a.m.…