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China's Huawei to expand in US smartphone market next year
FILE - In this May 26, 2016 file photo, people walk past an illuminated logo for Huawei at a launch event for the Huawei MateBook in Beijing. An executive of Huawei says the Chinese smartphone brand will start sales in the United States through phone carriers next year 2018, in a move that would dramatically increase the American presence of the No. 3 global handset seller. The president of Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s consumer business, Richard Yu, said Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, he would announce details at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Huawei sells some models in U.S. electronics stores but has a minimal share of a market in which most sales are through carriers.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
'Resilient, but tired:' Mental effects of wildfire lingering in Fort McMurray
For firefighter Mark Stephenson, shown in this handout image, the Alberta oilsands capital is his home and he plans to rebuild on the same spot where his house went up in flames. Stephenson says he can't drive through Fort McMurray without being brought back to May 2016. That's when, in the thick of battling a ferocious wildfire that destroyed 10 per cent of the northern Alberta city, he paused from his work to film his family's home engulfed in flames.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Globe writer wins Amnesty media award for coverage of Rohingya refugees
Since Aug. 25, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar. I
Iran seeks to examine missile parts displayed by US diplomat
Austria swears in Europe's youngest leader amid protests
India's ruling party loses seats but still wins in Gujarat
Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate their party's victory during Gujarat state assembly elections in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to maintain its hold on the western state of Gujarat despite predictions by many analysts of a close fight. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Paris attacks suspect's trial in Belgium postponed
Belgian lawyer Sven Mary arrives for a hearing at the Brussels Justice Palace in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. The hearing regards the postponement of a trial against Salah Abdeslam and Soufiane Ayari who took part in a shooting incident in Vorst, Belgium on March 15, 2016. The incident took place when six members of a Franco-Belgian research team investigating the attacks in Paris were conducting a search in an allegedly empty safe house and were attacked. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Rights group reports more destruction of Rohingya villages
This satellite images provided by the Human Rights Watch/Digital Globe shows four villages in Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar on Dec. 2, 2017. Satellite imagery shows that Rohingya villages in Myanmar continued to be destroyed even as Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement last month to return refugees from the ethnic Muslim minority who had fled their country amid violence, Human Rights Watch said Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. (Human Rights Watch/Digital Globe via AP)
This Week: FedEx earns, home sales, 3Q GDP
This Tuesday, April 18, 2017, photo, shows a FedEx Ground sign at a warehouse in Ashland, Va. FedEx's latest quarterly report card on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, should provide a window into the holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Snowfall forces Frankfurt airport to cancel 170 flights
1 year after Berlin attack, anger and questions remain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 2nd left, holds a rose in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 as she visits an improvised memorial place for the victims of the terrorist attack at the Christmas market on the Breitscheid Square at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church one year ago. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Toyota planning 10 purely electric vehicles by 2020s
In this Nov. 13 photo, visitors walk at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo. Toyota plans to offer more than 10 purely electric vehicle models in its lineup by the early 2020s, marking the Japanese automaker's commitment to that growing technology sector. Toyota Motor Corp. now offers no purely electric vehicles, although it leads in hybrid models, which switch between an electric motor and a gas engine.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Pakistan steps up security after IS kills 9 in church attack
Pakistani police officers take positions following a suicide attack on a church in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Two suicide bombers attacked the church when hundreds of worshippers were attending services ahead of Christmas. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
On the front lines of drug crisis, US police split on Narcan
In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, Sgt. Eric Franz, Social Media Administrator for the Cincinnati police Department, grasps a collapsing man while responding to a possible overdose report at a gas station in downtown Cincinnati. The sheriff of Clermont County firmly believes it's a call of duty for his deputies to carry the drug. His counterpart in nearby Butler County says it subjects deputies to danger while making no lasting impact on the death toll. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Tokyo's baby panda appears before selected guests, media
Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang takes a nap at a cage at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. The baby panda has made a special appearance before Tokyo’s governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of her official debut. The 6-month-old giant panda Xiang Xiang, or fragrance in Chinese, will debut Tuesday for a limited public viewing for avid fans who obtained tickets in a highly competitive lottery process. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Saranac Lake to host snowshoe festival
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Mass occupation underscores Brazil's poverty, creates angst
In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 photo, Renata Swiecik sits on a bed inside her shack set up within a squatter community coined "Povo Sem Medo," or Fearless People, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a suburb pf Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 31-year-old mother of four has lived in the occupation for three months and last held a steady job as a cashier three years ago. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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U.S. tax legislation fuels Santa rally in global stocks
A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. Share prices were mostly higher in Asia on Monday, lifted by robust trade data from Japan that suggest a sustained recovery in demand in China and other major markets. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Giordano, Bennett lead the way as Flames thump Canucks
Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period in Vancouver, on Dec. 17, 2017.
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