SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – As Wal-Mart tries to build an international juggernaut, it has had no greater success than in Chile, where even its failures show a commitment to adapting quickly to local shopping habits. Take, for example, the company’s bread snafu. Bread is a big deal in Chile. The …

CAIRO (AP) – Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif decided she had had enough of Egypt’s justice system. When the 22-year-old was summoned for questioning on accusations of inciting protests, she refused to answer the investigating judge’s questions. She told him she would not participate in the “charade” and said the courts …

PARIS (AP) – The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris as floods hit or threaten cities and towns around France. Paris City Hall closed roads along the shore of the Seine from the southwest edge of the city to the neighborhood around the Eiffel Tower as the water level …

TOKYO (AP) – Donald Trump appears to be finding some friends in North Korea. The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee has been getting good press this week in the North’s carefully controlled media, first in an opinion piece that praised him as “wise” and full of foresight and then Wednesday …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Taliban gunmen stormed a court building in an eastern Afghan province on Wednesday, killing five civilians and a policeman, the Interior Ministry said. A statement from the ministry said “four terrorists” were involved in the attack in the city of Ghazni, the capital of the eastern …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – There are office printers that spit out documents and others that always seem to jam. And then there those that make the office itself. A small group of employees in Dubai is starting to move into a new workspace that the emirate says is …