International

Fernando Botero, Colombian artist famous for rotund and oversize figures, dies at 91
Colombian artist Fernando Botero has died at the age of 91. “I don’t paint fat women,” he once told Spain’s El Mundo newspaper. “I am interested in volume, the sensuality of the form.”
Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake
The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
Fewer North Korean defectors reach South Korea, and questions grow about unification
Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a new, hawkish head who wants to change the agency's role.
Lufthansa to start offering service between Twin Cities, Frankfurt
Lufthansa plans to start offering flights between the Twin Cities and Frankfurt next year. Airport officials said the route will begin June 4. Lufthansa will fly the Twin Cities-Frankfurt route year-round, five days a week.
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people
Hundreds have also been injured in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake on Friday night devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.