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The world's wine industry is adapting to climate change

DALLAS, Ore. (AP) — When an Oregon valley famed for its wine heats up under the afternoon sun, Pacific Ocean winds rush through a dip in the mountains, cooling the grapes in Jeff Havlin's vineyards.

 

AP PHOTOS: Global warming makes its mark on wine country

DALLAS, Ore. (AP) — From South Africa's drought-stricken vineyards, to France's noble chateaus, to sunny vineyards in Australia and California, the wine industry is taking action to protect itself amid rising temperatures and more dramatic weather variations caused by climate…

 

Spanish ship sails toward migrant zone, with 4 EU lawmakers

ABOARD THE ASTRAL (AP) — A Spanish rescue ship has set sail for international waters, carrying four European parliamentarians as EU nations bicker over managing migrant flows across the Mediterranean Sea.

 

China tries to defuse trade pressure, says world benefits

BEIJING (AP) — China's government defended its trade record as a benefit to the world in a new effort Thursday to defuse U.S. and European pressure over market access and technology policy.

 

Knife-wielding man kills 2 boys in Shanghai, injures others

SHANGHAI (AP) — A 29-year-old man using a kitchen knife attacked three boys and a mother near a school in Shanghai on Thursday, killing two of the children, police said.

 

Fire sweeps through market in Kenya's capital, killing 15

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan media report that a fire has swept through a marketplace in Nairobi, killing 15 and sending 70 injured to hospitals.

 

Australian spy and lawyer charged over East Timor scandal

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former spy and his lawyer who accused the Australian government of illegally bugging the East Timorese Cabinet while negotiating a deal to share oil and gas revenue have been charged with conspiring to disclose secret…

 

Kennedy retirement guaranteed to ratchet up midterm rhetoric

NEW YORK (AP) — Nothing could have shifted the political landscape more than this.

 

Battle lines already being drawn on Kennedy's successor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for President Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee that is certain to consume the Senate, inflame partisan tensions and shape the outcome of the midterm elections.

 

US, UK teams join Thailand's search for 13 missing in cave

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — A U.S. military team and British cave experts joined the search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing for five days inside a cave being flooded by near-constant rains.

 

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