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Public health advocates complained that the final recommendations on combating chronic illness removed calls for taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sweetened drinks.

Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.

President Trump said Europe is “going to hell” and implicitly rebuked Britain on immigration, despite making extended visits to the country and enjoying its hospitality.

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The Ukrainian president is expected to ask for more support in his address to the annual U.N. meeting. Appearances by the leaders of Iran and Syria will also be closely watched.

Hernán Cortés toppled the Aztecs, winning Mexico for Spain. His trash-strewn resting place reflects how the conquest is still fueling quarrels and testing ties with Spain.

Hungry and injured passengers on a medical evacuation flight showed the toll of nearly two years of bombardment.

A burst pipe in an unfinished extension of Bangkok’s subway system opened a hole more than 60 feet deep in a road near a hospital and royal palaces.

Still, European nations are struggling to agree on how much to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the E.U.’s climate commissioner said in an interview.

As the U.N. General Assembly met in New York, the Trump administration forbade the Iranian delegation from shopping at discount wholesalers, an apparent bid to inflame Iranian public opinion.