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A walk near Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake reveals the city's distinctly Francophile architectural legacy. An old mansion that once belonged to the Governor of Tonkin, a former French protectorate, is now a government guesthouse for foreign dignitaries. The nearby Metropole Hotel, built in 1901, also maintains much of its historic appeal despite the modernized facilities.

After earthquakes and molten lava tore open the earth in Hawaii, residents of the Big Island have new threats to worry about: acid rain and volcanic smog.

Physicians have long recommended that mothers breastfeed their babies -- as breastfeeding comes with many health benefits for both a mom and her infant -- but many babies may never receive breast milk, especially in certain countries.

Video from New Jersey shows a bulldozer driving into a tree laden with pollen as the state records "extreme" levels of tree pollen.

President Donald Trump warned Iran of "severe consequences" if it restarted its nuclear program, one day after Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.

President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and his parallel pursuit of securing an agreement with North Korea to end its nuclear program keyed off a whirlwind 24 hours of global events.

Before Donald Trump even took the oath of office, a clear storyline began to emerge: A Year of the Woman was on the horizon.

Though it's normal to lose up to 100 hairs from your scalp every day, excessive hair loss is distressing. But a drug originally developed to treat osteoporosis may soon help those who want to treat or even reverse baldness, according to research published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology.

Israelis are celebrating.

France's foreign minister has insisted the Iran nuclear deal "is not dead" after the US withdrew from the pact, and said French President Emmanuel Macron would call Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday to discuss how to salvage the agreement.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London.

President Donald Trump ruled out the Korean Demilitarized Zone as the site of his upcoming talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite his earlier insistence it would provide a fitting backdrop.

Passengers on a Delta flight from Detroit to Denver deplaned via slides and over-wing exits due to an observance of smoke in the cabin, according to Delta spokesman Michael Thomas.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is "very positive" that Sir Alex Ferguson, one of the greatest managers in soccer history, will recover from a brain haemorrhage.

Throughout history, sovereigns have celebrated their marriages with elaborate gifts, from priceless tiaras and ancient antiques to foreign territories and valuable trading rights. But while a parade of splendor coming from all corners of the world seems wonderfully royal, this kind of pageantry seems to belong to the yesteryear of weddings, rather than the present day.

Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next CIA director, pledged Wednesday she would not restart the CIA's detention and interrogation program and that she would not follow an order that she found morally objectionable.

It's the dream pairing golf fans yearn for, but Phil Mickelson has upped the ante and called out Tiger Woods for a separate high-stakes shootout.

On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet bashing the media. Nothing new there.

It took Yusra Mardini a long time to come around to the notion of being a refugee.

Taylor Swift launched her concert tour Tuesday talking about her reputation.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a rare and deadly disease, on Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported. The declaration came after laboratory results confirmed two cases of the disease in the province of Bikoro.

A movie about love between two women has been banned in Kenya, ahead of its premiere at international film festival Cannes.

UK's former ambassador to Iran lays out what the ripple effects could be for Iran, the Middle East, and North Korea.

Three American citizens held for months in North Korea have been released, US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.

On Tuesday afternoon, US President Donald Trump made good on a promise to "tear up" the Iran nuclear deal. By Wednesday morning, hardline Iranian lawmakers delivered on vows to "burn it" in response.

After years of hashtags and outcries, Twitter now recognizes Swahili, one of East Africa's most common languages.

They came, they saw and they failed to convince. In short order, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson beat a path to Washington but left empty-handed.

It may have brightly painted walls and leafy gardens, but Savo Kladnik Elementary School is unlikely to be on anyone's must-visit travel list.

Iranian MP's set fire to a US flag in parliament and chanted "death to America" after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear pact.