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Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Flor. — Former Moses Lake physician Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an alterc…
Roadside bomb wounds 23 near Pakistan police station
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a police station in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Sunday, wounding at least 23 people, police said.
The Latest: All EU nations to start vaccinations on same day
ROME — Italy's special commissioner for the pandemic says the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 will begin in all 27 European Union countries on the same “symbolic” day, to be followed with individual countries…
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims
ATLANTA (AP) — Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud — claims that are baseless — cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden.
Silent nights: Germany tightens lockdown over festive period
BERLIN (AP) — Most stores shut, tight limits on social contacts, no singing in church and a ban on fireworks sales: Germany is ratcheting up its pandemic restrictions in an effort to cut the stubbornly high rate of…
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Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll
Iran summons EU envoys for protesting reporter's hanging
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Sunday summoned the German and French envoys to Tehran after the European Union condemned the execution of an Iranian journalist whose work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in…
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Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state, police said, while the president said the military was in gunfig…
Germany tightens virus lockdown rules over Christmas period
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is closing most stores and schools, and further limiting social contacts in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections that have remained stubbornly high in recent weeks.
Deadline comes knocking: Is there hope left for Brexit deal?
BRUSSELS (AP) — Facing yet another self-imposed Brexit deadline on Sunday, the chief negotiators from the European Union and United Kingdom were making last-ditch efforts to bridge differences on a trade deal that …
Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for use
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain said Sunday it approved the use of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, following its earlier approval of a vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
The Latest: Pakistan raises vaccine budget to $250 million
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has increased its funds allocation for purchasing COVID-19 vaccines amid a surge in the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
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Maduro opponents claim big turnout in Venezuelan protest
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Droves of Venezuelans blaming President Nicolás Maduro for their country’s collapse voiced their frustrations Saturday in a creative protest rivaling recent elections they boycotted as fra…