Thailand's legislature has proposed legal amendments that would allow the licensed medical use of marijuana, making it a potential trailblazer in Asia in legalizing what used to be regarded strictly as a dangerous drug
Norwegian officials says a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has occurred in the Arctic Sea, northwest of a largely uninhabited Norwegian island
Gaby Lopez shot a hole-in-one for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Ariya Jutanugarn after the third round of the Blue Bay LPGA tournament in China
A rights monitoring group says a Tibetan man has set himself on fire in a protest calling for the return of the region's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama
Australian police have shot a knife-wielding man after he fatally stabbed one person and injured two others in the center of the country's second-largest city
A close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing a life-long entry ban to Europe for asylum-seekers convicted of serious crimes
Thursday's Sports in Brief
Neighbors of Ian David Long have described the man who shot and killed 12 people at a country music bar as distant in public but combative with his mother inside the suburban Los Angeles home the two shared
China's auto sales sink in October for 4th month, falling 13 percent from a year ago
Russia is hosting a conference on Afghanistan bringing together representatives of the Afghan authorities and the Taliban
After years of declines, NFL television ratings are showing modest gains
Racism lingers for NHL players 60 years after O'Ree landmark
Possible recounts loom in Florida races for governor, US Senate as Republicans hold razor-thin leads in both contests
Dez Bryant isn't about to declare himself a changed man just because he he's changed teams
Dairon Asprilla scored the deciding penalty as the Portland Timbers survived a wild second half and extra time to defeat the Seattle Sounders 4-2 in a shootout and advance to the MLS Western Conference finals
Five emerging screenwriters are experiencing a breakthrough of a lifetime earning praise from the film academy for their work
Harrowing tales of escape and heroic rescues as a fast-moving wildfire destroys a Northern California town
The bicultural governor of Japan's Okinawa island says he will meet with Americans next week to convey to them residents' frustration from hosting U.S. military bases on the southern island
The Asia editor of the newspaper Financial Times has been refused entry to Hong Kong, weeks after the semi-autonomous Chinese territory refused to renew his work visa
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