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Army takes custody of Gorge shooting suspect
MOSES LAKE — The Army has taken custody of the soldier accused of killing two people and injuring several others d…
A pandemic atlas: Nations ran the gamut in their response
The nations of the world ran the gamut in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic — sometimes veering from strict to lax measures in the course of just a few months, and vice versa. A look at the state of the pand…
EU chief von der Leyen sees progress on Brexit talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she saw clear progress in the trade talks with the U.K., turning a post-Brexit deal from a fleeting possibility into an ever more realisti…
A pandemic atlas: Early success, growing concern in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — For a time, Germany seemed to have solved the puzzle of how to quell COVID-19.
Embed-Virus Outbreak-COVID 2020 Atlas, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COVID 2020 ATLAS — The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. On every continent, households have felt its devastation. But ea…
Camp closures force Iraqi families back to shattered homes
DEBAJA, Iraq (AP) — After living in a camp for three years, 70-year-old Merhi Hamed Abdullah returned to his village west of the city of Mosul to find it in ruins — his first glimpse of home since Iraq defeated the…
China prepares for return of lunar probe with moon samples
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 45 years.
Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan cease-fire
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived Wednesday in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani government leaders amid growing calls for a reduction in violence in neighbo…
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus.
6 missing after a scallop vessel sank off Nova Scotia
DIGBY, Nova Scotia (AP) — Six crew are missing after a scallop vessel sank Tuesday off the coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in two-meter waves and powerful winds.
Virus shuts many UK theaters but online the show goes on
LONDON (AP) — When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London’s Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol,” he looks out on an empty auditorium.
Indonesian police move top terror suspect for investigation
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities transferred 23 suspected militants arrested in recent weeks to the capital on Wednesday, including a man suspected of helping make the bombs for the deadly 2002 atta…
Negotiators report progress on long-delayed virus aid bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Capitol Hill Republicans labored to keep the price tag for a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package in check, seeking to prevail in a battle over help for state and local governments, while capping…
Asia Today: South Korea, Tokyo see record highs in new cases
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported another high in daily coronavirus increases as health officials face growing pressure to enforce stricter social distancing to slow the spread in the capital area.
The Latest: Deaths rising in Pakistan with Karachi hard hit
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan crossed 100 for the first time in five months with the virus spreading fast in the financial capital of Karachi.
Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheering family members and supporters, hours after a pardons board com…