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Protester dies in clashes after disputed Belarus vote
MINSK, Belarus - A protester died amid clashes between police and thousands of people gathered for a second straight night Monday in Belarus after official results from weekend elections - dismissed b...
Aug 10, 2020
Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law
Hong Kong authorities arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday, broadening their enforcement of a new national security law and stoking fears of a crackdown on the semi-autonomous region's free press...
Aug 09, 2020
Israeli jeweler makes $1.5m gold coronavirus mask
MOTZA, Israel - An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million. The...
Aug 09, 2020
Virtual preparation allows Miss Nicaragua amid pandemic
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - For four months, everything was virtual: the modeling and speech classes, the make-up courses and the emotional support session via videoconference. And when eight contestants vyi...
Aug 09, 2020
Masks in class? Many questions as Germans go back to school
BERLIN - Masks during class, masks only in the halls, no masks at all. Distance when possible, no distance within same-grade groups, no distance at all. As Germany's 16 states start sending millions o...
Aug 09, 2020
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
TOKYO - The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a...
Aug 08, 2020
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine again tests negative for coronavirus
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The fourth COVID-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after he received conflicting positive and negative results two days before, ahead of a scheduled...
Aug 08, 2020
Canada to match donations to Lebanon relief
OTTAWA - The federal government will match all individual donations from Canadians to humanitarian relief efforts in Lebanon following this week's deadly explosion in Beirut. International Development...
Aug 08, 2020
Canada to match donations to Lebanon relief
OTTAWA - The federal government will match all individual donations from Canadians to humanitarian relief efforts in Lebanon following this week's deadly explosion in Beirut. International Development...
Aug 08, 2020
At least 8 soldiers dead in blast outside Somali army base
NAIROBI, Kenya - A car bomb exploded at the gates of a military base in Somalia's capital Saturday, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 14 others, with the toll expected to rise, police said....
Aug 08, 2020
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