Pakistan detains 15 after gang rape of woman on highway

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said they detained 15 people for questioning on Thursday, after two armed men allegedly gang raped a woman in front of her children after her car broke down on a deserted hi…

Guatemala to reopen borders next week after 6 months

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala plans to reopen its borders next week, six months after closing them in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Belgium to return tooth to family of slain Congolese icon

BRUSSELS (AP) — The family of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba will soon receive the only known remains of the assassinated leader, a tooth removed after his death by a Belgian man whose family apparentl…

US stocks swing from gains to losses as wild week continues

. (AP) — Stocks moved broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday, as losses in shares of technology and energy companies cut into some of the market's solid gains from a day earlier.

Taiwan: China planes entered its airspace twice in 2 days

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says Chinese warplanes entered its airspace on Wednesday and Thursday during large-scale war games that it called a “serious provocation to Taiwan and a grave threat to regional peace a…

Paramedics sue for licenses after 'dead' woman found alive

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Emergency medical technicians and paramedics who were present when a Detroit-area woman was determined to be dead, only to be declared alive later at a funeral home, are suing to stop their…

Leaders in Mali meet with junta for summit on transition

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian gov…

GOP's slimmed-down virus bill expected to fail in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package appears certain to fail in a Senate test vote Thursday as the bipartisan spirit that powered earlier relief bills has given way to election-season poli…

The Latest: UN leader appeals for $35B for WHO initiatives

LONDON — The Secretary-General of the United Nations appealed to donor countries and others to pitch in $35 billion for a World Health Organization-led initiative that aims to speed the research and development of …

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Cambodian TikTok user arrested for disparaging Angkor Wat

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A young Cambodian man popular on the TikTok social media platform was arrested after posting a video that questioned the country's reverence for its famed Angkor Wat temple, and was orde…

Nearly $500K hidden in furniture seized at Miami airport

MIAMI (AP) — Customs officers at a Florida airport found nearly a half-million dollars being smuggled out of the United States hidden inside furniture, officials said.

Sought-after Norway suspect in 1982 Paris attack jailed

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man arrested in southern Norway suspected of involvement in a deadly terror attack in Paris 38 years ago was on Thursday remanded in custody for four weeks while the extradition is cons…

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A new school year unfolds in New York, colored by the virus

Back to school for many of New York’s 2 ½ million public school students has meant back to their kitchen tables and bedrooms where they left off in the spring.