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Officials: Attacks around Afghanistan kill at least 23
KABUL - Attacks in Afghanistan left at least 23 civilians and security forces dead, officials said Thursday, even as Afghan negotiators were in Qatar to resume talks with the Taliban aimed at finding ...
Jan 07, 2021
Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area over virus
TOKYO - Japan has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic for Tokyo and three nearby areas as cases continued to surge, hitting a daily record of 2,447 in the capital. Prime Minist...
Jan 07, 2021
Analysis: Trump's rage ignites mob assault on democracy
NEW YORK - The riotous mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that President Donald Trump has been stirring for years, culminating in the disrup...
Jan 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine contender CureVac links up with Bayer
BERLIN - A German company that is in the advanced stages of producing a vaccine against COVID-19 is linking up with pharmaceutical giant Bayer to help develop and distribute the product. CureVac, base...
Jan 07, 2021
Insurrection marks moment of reckoning for Republicans
The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was both stunning and predictable, the result of a Republican Party that has repeatedly enabled President Donald Trump's destructive behaviour. When Trump was a pr...
Jan 07, 2021
Indonesia's Merapi volcano spews hot clouds, 500 evacuate
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were evacuated from its fertile slopes. Authorities evacuated more ...
Jan 07, 2021
Kosovo to hold new general election Feb. 14
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's acting president has set Feb. 14 as the date for a new parliamentary election following a court ruling that Parliament's confirmation of the Cabinet in June passed because ...
Jan 07, 2021
Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts
After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, whic...
Jan 07, 2021
California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration and the state's hospital association are at odds over how best to create space for critically ill coronavirus patients at already str...
Jan 07, 2021
Capitol police chief defends response to 'criminal' rioters
WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Capitol Police defended his department's response to the storming of the Capitol, saying Thursday that officers "acted valiantly when faced with thousands of individu...
Jan 07, 2021
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