Massive blackout hits Spain and Portugal
MADRID - Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said.

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More Chinese leave the knot untied as marriage registrations drop
As marriage registrations in China continued to decline in the first quarter of the year, local governments have dangled cash rewards as high as 40,000 yuan (US$5,487) in front of young couples in a bid to rekindle the will to wed and stave off the worst of a demographic crisis.

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The day the Vietnam War ended has become a high-profile celebration in Vietnam. But debates over the name of the April 30 holiday reveal lingering sensitivities within the country and beyond

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Jim Sanfilippo says his lighting company, Nila, has planned carefully to get some breathing room with smaller projects. But what will happen to the multimillion-dollar ones is up in the air, he said.

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Ten students at Occidental College are staging a hunger strike, calling on the college to divest from weapons manufacturers with ties to Israel and to shield international students the Trump administration might target for deportation.

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Iranian leaders call for answers after port explosion which killed 40 people, injured more than 1,000 others

Iran&s president and supreme leader have told officials they must find out why an explosion rocked one of the Islamic Republic&s main ports, killing 40 people.

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