VIENNA (AP) — A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty. More »Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage site
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially. More »Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims
IOC inspectors have concluded their second visit to Pyeongchang by praising organizers for making good progress on preparations for the 2018 Winter Games. IOC coordination commission chief Gunilla Lindberg ... More »IOC praises Pyeongchang for Olympic preparations
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans. More »Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq. More »Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician
Shares of Tetra Tech Inc. are falling sharply in premarket trading Wednesday, a day after the consulting and engineering services company said that it expects a loss in its fiscal third quarter as it absorbs ... More »Ahead of the Bell: Tetra Tech
The European Union has fined Danish pharmaceuticals multinational Lundbeck and several other producers a combined 146 million euros ($195 million) for delaying the market entry of cheaper generic alternatives ... More »EU fines pharma firms over generics delay
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent launched a major effort Wednesday to boost its fortunes by shedding businesses and jobs as part of a deep cost cutting program. Shares rose nearly ... More »Alcatel-Lucent plans overhaul, big cost cuts
NEW YORK (AP) — Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a Manhattan store. More »8 hurt, some seriously, when car jumps curb in NYC
BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is suggesting Europe may need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment. More »Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
Smart irrigation is becoming a hot landscaping specialty as groundwater aquifers are increasingly sucked dry. More »Saving water: 5 steps to smarter irrigating
LONDON (AP) — Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan." More »Critics hail Daniel Radcliffe's latest stage turn
DENVER (AP) — Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. More »Neighbors: Couple killed waited for order to leave
An analyst for Stern Agee reduced his earnings outlook for Finish Line Inc. on Wednesday, saying the athletic shoe and clothing retailer is losing focus with its core customer. "The Finish Line stores ... More »Ahead of the Bell: Finish Line
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — FBI agents in suburban Detroit began a third day of digging Wednesday in the search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. More »FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's remains enters 3rd day
Actuant moved to a loss in its fiscal third quarter, pulled down by debt refinancing costs and a large charge related to a write-down. But the industrial products company reported adjusted results and ... More »Actuant 3Q adj. profit, revenue top Street's view
A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape ... More »Hacking probe in Ohio rape case targets Ky. man
Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service, which led to several days of large protests. Prime Minister Plamen ... More »Bulgaria parliament revokes security chief choice
Dutch police say three farmworkers have died and a fourth has been critically injured after they fell into a silo filled with manure for use as fertilizer in the northern town of Makkinga. Provincial police ... More »Dutch manure silo fall kills 3 farmworkers
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police ... More »Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency. Obama says at least 50 threats have been averted because of phone records and Internet ... More »Obama: NSA programs have saved lives
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with Israel. More »Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Musim shrine in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said. More »Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's most powerful Muslim group on Wednesday blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. More »Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition
BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath. More »China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'
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