GENEVA, Feb 18 - The United Nations human rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday following reports of more than 50 ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 - Pope Leo lamented a world \"in flames\" due to wars and the destruction of the environment during an ...

TBILISI, Feb 18 - A former aide to Georgia's most powerful man, who had been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for ...

Feb 18 - Nine skiers were still missing early on Wednesday after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, ...

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 18 - Married duo Michele Boscacci and Alba de Silvestro say the comfort of competing as a team is a strong ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 18 - Bruce Mouat's Britain bounced back from a run of three straight defeats to crush the U.S.

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 18 - China's Su Yiming celebrated his 22nd birthday by winning the men's snowboard slopestyle final with ...

KINSHASA/DAKAR, Feb 18 - The Democratic Republic of Congo added the rebel-held Rubaya coltan mine, one of the world's richest ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 18 - Albanian skier Lara Colturi said on Wednesday she is confident that she can ski much better after ...

COPENHAGEN, Feb 18 - Denmark's King Frederik arrived in Nuuk on Wednesday as he embarked on his second visit to Greenland ...

PRISTINA, Feb 18 - Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci told judges at his war crimes trial in The Hague on Wednesday that ...

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