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Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 4:39 AM CDT
|By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
The World Health Organization reported late Sunday the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press
Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower for reopening next week, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark’s longest closure since World War II.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 2:40 AM CDT
An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 1:39 AM CDT
Multiple witnesses described the dog as a pit bull, but police could not confirm the breed.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 1:19 AM CDT
|By NICK PERRY Associated Press
Experts say a number of factors have helped New Zealand wipe out the disease, including its isolated location in the South Pacific that gave it vital time to see the devastating spread of the virus in other countries.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2019 at 4:57 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The U.S. Air Force’s radars are all turning north and they’re zeroing in on one jolly old elf and his eight tiny reindeer (nine, if it’s foggy and they need a shiny nose).
Updated: Oct. 31, 2019 at 3:09 AM CDT
|By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
A fire early Thursday burned down structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2019 at 1:42 AM CDT
|By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press
A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2019 at 3:35 AM CDT
|By NINIEK KARMINI and MARGIE MASON Associated Press
Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2019 at 3:08 AM CDT
|By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated Press
Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal.
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Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 at 12:52 AM CDT
Terrifying moments were caught on camera in Argentina.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2019 at 12:38 AM CDT
|By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press
Among the reported deaths were those whose homes were buried in landslides. Other fatalities included people who got swept away by raging rivers.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2019 at 5:03 AM CDT
|By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. will send fighter jets and additional air defenses to the Saudis to help defend the kingdom against Iran amid the heightened tensions.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2019 at 4:19 AM CDT
|By MARK LEWIS and ELIAS MESERET Associated Press
The 2019 Nobel Peace has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2019 at 1:43 AM CDT
|By MEHMET GUZEL and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press
No U.S. troops were hurt in Friday's explosion at the small U.S. outpost, and the artillery strike marked the first time a coalition base was in the line of fire since Turkey's offensive began.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2019 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By Jesse Horne
A local professor says it's time for the United Nations to step into the increasing military conflict between Turkey and Syria.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2019 at 10:05 PM CDT
|By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
North Korea said Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2019 at 1:46 AM CDT
|By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press
A British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July was released Friday and was heading toward the United Arab Emirates, the company that owns the vessel said.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2019 at 1:11 AM CDT
|By EDITH M. LEDERER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
Fallout from the Sept. 14 attacks is still reverberating as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2019 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By ROB GILLIES Associated Press
Canadian leader Justin Trudeau's campaign for national elections was hit Wednesday by the publication of a yearbook photo showing him in brownface makeup at a costume party in 2001.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2019 at 4:24 AM CDT
|By RENATA BRITO Associated Press
A charity rescue ship with 82 migrants aboard said Saturday it has received permission to sail to a tiny southern Italian island, in a possible sign Italy's hard line against such vessels might be easing somewhat under the new government.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2019 at 3:00 AM CDT
|By NANNAPAT PUROD Associated Press
Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2019 at 3:11 PM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
Farmers across the country want a new trade deal and they are taking to the National Mall to voice their needs.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:33 PM CDT
|By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
In a session that ran past midnight, Parliament enacted a law to block a no-deal Brexit next month, ordered the government to release private communications about its Brexit plans and rejected Johnson's call for a snap election to break the political deadlock.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2019 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer
U.S. and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for more talks aimed at ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2019 at 5:46 AM CDT
Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 at 7:45 PM CDT
North Korea said Saturday its leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could potentially enhance the country's ability to strike targets in South Korea and U.S. military bases there.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2019 at 2:39 PM CDT
Egan Bernal has become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France as the three-week race ended with the 21st and final stage on the Champs-Elysees.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2019 at 12:09 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
A fire official in Kyoto, Japan, says the death toll from an animation studio fire is 33, some of the found on the stairs leading to the roof
Updated: Jun. 30, 2019 at 9:46 AM CDT
|By AP
"A wonderful meeting" is how President Donald Trump is describing his get-together with North Korea's Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2019 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By ROB GILLIES and IAN HARRISON Associated Press
Gunfire broke out and a stampede ensued as fans celebrated at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, leaving four people shot and thousands fleeing less than a block from where the players and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat on stage.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:55 AM CDT
|By AP
President Donald Trump has started his trip to Britain with an attack on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who says the U.S. leader should not be honored with a state visit.
Updated: May. 14, 2019 at 5:30 AM CDT
|By AP
The United States has issued a $300 billion target list of additional Chinese goods for tariff hikes in a possible new escalation of a trade fight that is shaking financial markets and fueling concern about global economic growth
Updated: May. 10, 2019 at 2:27 PM CDT
Meghan was the fastest rising girl's name for 2018, moving from number 1,404 in 2017 to 703.
Updated: May. 8, 2019 at 5:37 AM CDT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the situation surrounding the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord has been complicated by "irresponsible behavior" from Washington
Updated: May. 7, 2019 at 5:19 AM CDT
The U.S. State Department says a planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel has been canceled.
Updated: May. 6, 2019 at 4:55 AM CDT
Chinese spokesman says team 'preparing to travel to the United States,' suggesting trade talks might go ahead despite Trump's latest tariff threat
Updated: Apr. 26, 2019 at 5:31 AM CDT
A top Russian diplomat says Russia is willing to negotiate a new nuclear weapons treaty with the United States and China
Updated: Apr. 23, 2019 at 4:50 AM CDT
Sri Lanka's minister of defense says the Easter Sunday bombings were "carried out in retaliation" for attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15
Updated: Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:11 AM CDT
The French prime minister has announced an international architects' competition to rebuild the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:09 AM CDT
|By AP
Terry Gou, the head of the world's largest electronics supplier, Foxconn, says he is planning to run for president of Taiwan.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2019 at 5:15 AM CDT
Police in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2019 at 5:25 AM CDT
Turkey's foreign minister says his country could look "elsewhere" if the U.S. does not deliver F-35 fighter jets
Updated: Apr. 5, 2019 at 7:21 PM CDT
|By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press
It marks the first sweep of arrests to target individuals perceived as critics of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2019 at 4:50 AM CDT
Afghan officials say a massive Taliban siege of a government compound and army base in western Badghis province, now in its second day, has killed at least 12 more troops.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2019 at 4:41 AM CDT
British Prime Minister Theresa May is requesting that the deadline for her country to leave the European Union be extended until June 30.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2019 at 5:05 AM CDT
The preliminary report of the data from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed last month states that the flight crew performed all procedures from Boeing but could not control the jet.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2019 at 5:05 AM CDT
Iran's top diplomat: US sanctions major obstacle to successful rescue efforts for flood-stricken areas
Updated: Apr. 2, 2019 at 4:51 AM CDT
Mozambique cyclone death toll up to 598 while number of cholera cases jumps above 1,000
Updated: Mar. 29, 2019 at 11:10 AM CDT
The pound has fallen after British lawmakers once again defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal with the European Union.