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SEOUL, South Korea – A zoo in South Korea’s capital says an animal keeper has died after apparently being attacked by two lions. Seoul Children’s Grand Park official Jisun Lee said a colleague found the man unconscious and bleeding heavily from his neck and legs in the animals’ enclosure, as …

LONDON – Scandal-hit HSBC, Britain’s largest bank, has issued a public apology, saying that the media firestorm that followed allegations it had helped rich clients dodge taxes had been a painful experience. Chief executive Stuart Gulliver says the allegations deal with historical practices that are no longer in place. He …

PARIS – Dozens of gravesites in a small-town cemetery in northern France have been vandalized, days after massive destruction at a Jewish cemetery in the country. France’s Interior Ministry said crucifixes were overturned and gravesites disturbed. The vandalism in Tracy-sur-Mer, a tiny town next to the D-Day landing beaches, was …

TOKYO – North Korean authorities are barring foreigners from this year’s Pyongyang marathon, a popular tourist event, due to ongoing Ebola travel restrictions. Nick Bonner, co-founder of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, a tour agency that specializes in North Korea travel, said more than 400 foreign runners had signed up with his …

BERLIN – German judges are seeking a European Union court’s advice on whether a teacher at a Greek school in Germany can claim back pay cuts caused by Greece’s austerity drive. The Greek citizen, who worked at a Greek government-backed school in Nuremberg, has claimed compensation of more than 20,000 …

MONROVIA, Liberia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s son, who just suffered a defeat in Liberia’s Senate elections, is not ruling out a run for his mother’s job. Robert Sirleaf lost a December election to George Weah, a former soccer star and current opposition leader. He was once a presidential adviser …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s army spokesman says an ambush by extremists in a mountainous region near the Algerian border has killed two soldiers and wounded three others. Brig. Gen. Belhassen Oueslati told the state news agency Tuesday that the attack took place near the mountain of Mghilla in the central …

MOSCOW – A senior Russian intelligence official has warned of the potential influence of the Islamic State group inside Russia. Gen. Sergei Smirnov, deputy chief of the FSB intelligence agency, was quoted by Russian wires on Friday as saying that the group is “beginning to infiltrate” terrorist organizations focused on …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Australia’s government says it has completed preparations to send about 300 additional troops to Iraq and will deploy them over the coming weeks. The troops will work alongside about 100 New Zealand troops at the Taji base north of Baghdad. Australia’s government says the combined force …

ATHENS, Greece – Seismologists in Greece say a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck near the island of Crete, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at 9:07 p.m. (1807GMT) on Thursday. The institute’s seismologist Efthymios Lekkas said …