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Kentucky House passes bill to allow early in-person 2021-02-26 17:46:47FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky House on Friday wrapped up its quick work on legislation that would make early voting a permanent feature in the st

Biden calls air strikes a warning to Iran 2021-02-26 17:44:54President Biden said Friday he authorized air strikes against Iranian-backed militia in Syria to send a message that Tehran "can't act with impunity

White Dutch poet declines to translate Amanda Gorman's 2021-02-26 16:34:24THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A writer who was chosen to translate American poet Amanda Gorman's work into Dutch has handed back the assignment foll

Alabama lieutenant governor to skip Senate race in 2021-02-26 15:40:49MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth said Friday he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by longtime incumbent Rich

Top US diplomat 'visits' Mexico, Canada on virtual 2021-02-26 15:28:59WASHINGTON (AP) - Diplomats sat beside stacks of briefing papers, flanked by flags and emphasized their closeness. But they were geographically far ap

WFP: Security protocols, leaks a focus of Congo 2021-02-26 15:11:52ROME (AP) - A U.N. investigation into the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Congo that killed the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver will l

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle jets used 2021-02-26 15:01:18A pair of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets dropped seven precision-guided munitions Thursday during airstrikes on a remote compound in e

U.S. intelligence blames Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi 2021-02-26 13:44:52De facto Saudi Arabian leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sultan gave the green light for the mission to capture or kill American-based Saudi dissident

Vaccine roll-out gaps a core concern for G-20 2021-02-26 12:55:49MILAN (AP) - The uneven distribution of vaccines between wealthier and poorer countries is a key concern of Group of 20 nations as leaders consider h

Myanmar's UN envoy dramatically opposes coup in his 2021-02-26 12:25:29UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador strongly opposed the military coup in his country and appealed for the “strongest possible

US urges Tanzania to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, share 2021-02-26 12:05:25NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United States praised Tanzania on Friday for finally acknowledging the resurgence of COVID-19 after claiming for months it h

Russia, ally of Syria, fumes at U.S. airstrike 2021-02-26 11:19:26Russia, a key military ally of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, on Friday sharply condemned the U.S. airstrike targeting an Iran-allie

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Italian mafia employs new strategies during COVID-19 lockdown: 2021-02-25 22:50:01Italy's mafia reportedly provided stimulus for some struggling small businesses in the country and there is concern that these establi

Biden admin says no 'final decision' on boycotting 2021-02-25 19:36:30White House press secretary Jen Psaki left the door open to a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as pressure grows in Congress to punish C

Russia's investigative journalists take spotlight with stunning findings 2021-02-25 17:02:58The editor of Proekt says corruption has continued despite the more public findings of independent reporters.

Grandma chases down, tackles thief who stole her 2021-02-25 16:30:03A security camera captured an elderly woman chasing down a man who allegedly nabbed her purse at a pub in Australia.

Mount Etna's recent eruption is a spectacular volcanic 2021-02-25 15:16:45Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also the continent’s

Van Gogh's rarely seen 'Street Scene in Montmartre' 2021-02-25 15:15:16A rare painting by the Dutch impressionist will be publicly displayed for the first time before its auction at Sotheby's Paris next month.

Pro-military marchers in Burma attack anti-coup protesters 2021-02-25 10:48:30Supporters of Burma's junta attacked protesters demanding the end to the military government that took power in a coup, using slingshots, iron rods a

Mother in Istanbul throws 4 children out apartment 2021-02-25 10:13:55A Turkish mother saved her four children from an apartment fire in Istanbul by throwing them out of a third-story window, heart-pounding video shows.

Armenian PM faces military's demand to resign, talks 2021-02-25 04:51:41Armenia's prime minister spoke of an attempted military coup Thursday after the military's General Staff demanded that he step down after months of

China did "little" to investigate COVID-19 origins in 2021-02-24 20:28:34China did "little" to investigate the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan during the first eight months of the pandemic, according to an internal World Hea

Nurse in Brazil fights off intruder while recording 2021-02-24 16:50:56Brazilian nurse Angela Goncalves was recording herself busting some moves at her home in Paranagua when a man appeared in the yard behind her, accordi

US report on Khashoggi killing expected to point 2021-02-24 16:22:10The Biden administration is expected to release a declassified U.S. intelligence report on Thursday finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salma

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Capitol police failed to properly lock down Congress 2021-02-24 16:36:01Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection did not properly lock down the building and were unsure of the rules for

Biden, Trudeau agree to 'safeguard' caribou calving grounds 2021-02-24 14:53:37U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to work with Canada to protect the North's Porcupine caribou herd — marking another shift away from the pol

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the 2021-02-24 10:30:55The first big real-world study of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is 94 per cent effective at preventing COVID

Single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 2021-02-24 09:43:31Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents pu

Australian bid put on IOC fast track to 2021-02-24 09:01:50The Australian state of Queensland became the strong favourite to host the 2032 Olympics after the IOC gave it the status of its preferred bidder on W

Tiger Woods survived near-fatal crash, but his career 2021-02-24 08:55:12The bad news is that the career of the world's greatest golfer — at least on the game's biggest stages — is probably over.

Space fans crack secret message on NASA's Mars 2021-02-24 07:18:05The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

First COVID-19 vaccine doses dispatched by COVAX arrive 2021-02-24 05:01:01The World Health Organization's global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX delivered its first COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, as the race to get doses to the

Canadian legal luminaries sign letter accusing Iranian courts 2021-02-24 04:00:00The rulings of a court in a rural corner of northeastern Iran have brought together a Who's Who of Canada's legal profession to denounce the mistrea

Online booking complicates COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Washington 2021-02-23 22:21:00People 65 or older are now allowed to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Washington state, but many are hindered by the online booking system which some compla

Rochester, N.Y., police officers involved in death of 2021-02-23 17:35:11Rochester, N.Y., police officers seen on body camera video last March holding down a naked and handcuffed Black man named Daniel Prude until

Security officials blame bad intelligence, contradict each other 2021-02-23 15:50:29Faulty intelligence was to blame for the Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and halted certifi

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Last Statue Of Former Dictator Francisco Franco Removed 2021-02-24 09:09:34The Spanish government has made several high-profile removals off the back of the Historical Memory Law, including taking over Franco’s summer p

Prison Riots In Ecuador Leave Dozens Dead 2021-02-24 06:37:48Authorities said that two groups were trying to gain “criminal leadership within the detention centers” and 800 police officers have been

Buckingham Palace Reveals Cause Of Prince Philip's Hospitalization 2021-02-23 10:24:22The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London last week.

Prince William Gives Update On Hospitalized Grandfather Prince 2021-02-23 10:00:29Buckingham Palace said the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was expected to remain in the hospital into this week for a period of “observation and

Facebook Says It Will Lift Australian News Ban 2021-02-23 06:49:17Facebook’s cooperation is a major victory in Australian efforts to make the gateways to the Internet pay for the journalism that they use.

Norway Museum Says Edvard Munch Wrote ‘Madman’ On 2021-02-22 17:50:10The iconic painting features the sentence “can only have been painted by a madman” scribbled in the top left-hand corner.

Israel Closes Mediterranean Beaches After Oil Spill Devastates 2021-02-22 07:38:25An offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across Israel's coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst ecological disas

Myanmar Protests Grow After Junta Threatens Lethal Force 2021-02-22 05:20:46To date, three protesters have been fatally shot.

U.S. Deports Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To 2021-02-21 13:25:05Prosecutors have asked that Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, be questioned to determine whether accessory to murder charges could be brought against him.

Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To 2021-02-19 12:09:20Bitcoin’s gains have been fueled by signs it is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and companies, from Tesla and Mastercard to BNY Me

Myanmar Protester Shot By Police Turned 20 In 2021-02-19 05:52:30The death of Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing adds to the growing fury over the military's Feb. 1 overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi's government.

World Leaders Applaud America's Formal Return To Paris 2021-02-19 04:49:31While Friday’s return is heavily symbolic, world leaders say they expect America to prove its seriousness after four years of being pretty much

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At Last, Democrats Get Chance to Engineer Obamacare 2021-02-27 09:21:20The Biden administration is trying to make the health care law more generous and closer to its original design, but may disappoint progressive allies

Berkshire Hathaway’s Earnings Slowed Last Year 2021-02-27 08:52:21But its results were bolstered by a soaring stock market in the fourth quarter, Warren Buffett said in his annual letter to investors.

Younger Military Personnel Reject Vaccine, in Warning for 2021-02-27 08:30:44About one-third of the troops have declined to take the vaccine. Many say they worry the vaccines are unsafe or were developed too quickly. Others wan

Rwanda Official Admits Legal Violations in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ 2021-02-27 07:50:06A video, aired by Al Jazeera English, shows that the attorney general intercepted legal materials from Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the mov

This Drug Gets You High, and Is Legal 2021-02-27 05:00:20A once-ignored derivative of hemp has become a hot seller for people looking for a loophole around marijuana laws.

How to Unite a Deeply Divided Kosovo? Name 2021-02-27 05:00:17A lighthearted suggestion by a U.S. envoy hoping to bridge a vast rift between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo has taken on a life of its own — on

They Were on Equal Footing. Then the Ground 2021-02-27 05:00:14A year of pandemic restrictions has meant some friends are flush and others foundering.

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules 2021-02-27 05:00:12Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.

Assessing Claims in the Coronavirus Stimulus Debate 2021-02-27 05:00:11Lawmakers have made an array of misleading claims about “Pelosi’s subway,” unauthorized immigrants receiving checks, school funding

How Marty Baron and Jeff Bezos Remade The 2021-02-27 05:00:11The celebrated editor is ending his tenure at the helm of a very different newspaper than the one he originally signed on to run.

CPAC and the New Republicanism 2021-02-27 05:00:09The Conservative Political Action Conference has evolved from a family reunion of Republican libertarians, social conservatives and a hawkish foreign

What It’s Like to Work With a Matchmaker 2021-02-27 05:00:08Six customers of matchmaking services share their experiences. Their fees ranged from about $500 to $25,000.

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Russian Embassy Workers Forced To Leave North Korea 2021-02-26 20:53:54'No man left behind'

Police Injure Protesters With Excessive Force In Myanmar 2021-02-26 18:23:35Residents found bullets, shell casings and projectiles

‘Negative, False, And Unacceptable’: Saudis Reject US Report 2021-02-26 18:05:41'Unjustified and inaccurate'

How A Vocal Element Of The Medical Community 2021-02-26 16:31:36'Masks are in and handshakes are out'

Ilhan Omar Wants To Know Why Syrian Airstrikes 2021-02-26 16:29:20'That question still remains with this administration'

World Economic Forum Says ‘Lockdowns Are Quietly Improving 2021-02-26 16:21:47'There were record falls in air pollution'

Man Who Attacked Jewish Student Won’t Be Charged 2021-02-26 15:27:54'This was a targeted attack on a Jew'

More Than 300 Girls Kidnapped In Nigeria, President 2021-02-26 12:10:30'Vicious cycle'

‘Shoot To Kill’: Former Botswana President Defends Lethal 2021-02-26 11:58:36Army personnel are instructed to fire two rounds at the poacher to make sure he goes down and no longer poses a threat

At Least 1 Dead And Several Injured In 2021-02-26 11:12:53'I’m confident in the target that we went after, we know what we hit'

Olympic Champion Runner Says Female Testosterone Limits Violate 2021-02-26 10:28:20Caster Semenya says female testosterone limits violate her human rights

State Department Says Russian Imprisonment Of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2021-02-25 19:55:59Valentina Baranovskaya, who is recovering from a stroke, was sentenced to a two-year term in a penal colony.