Stocks up as market faces down latest hurdle: dismal profits

NEW YORK (AP) — Here comes the latest hurdle for the pandemic-defying stock market to leap with ease, investors hope: the worst quarterly profit drop in more than a decade.

American woman freed after being held captive in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An American woman who was lured to Nigeria by a man she met on Facebook has been rescued after spending more than a year in captivity, authorities said.

The Latest: WHO warns that pandemic is worsening globally

LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening globally and things won’t return to “the old normal” for some time.

Sudanese forces break up protest camp in Darfur, killing 1

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Somalia's army chief survives bombing of his convoy; 1 dead

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s army chief has survived an assassination attempt when a suicide car bomber targeted his convoy in the Somali capital Monday, officials said. At least one person was killed by the bla…

Ivory Coast vice president resigns citing personal reasons

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's vice president has submitted his resignation less than a week after the prime minister died, officials said Monday, throwing the West African country's political scene into…

57 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Firefighters were still battling a blaze Monday on a Navy combat ship that injured at least 57 people and sent smoke billowing over San Diego.

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Court refuses to order Houston to host Texas GOP gathering

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Monday upheld Houston's refusal to allow the state Republican convention to hold in-person events in the city due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bad weather may delay 1st UAE Mars mission on Japan rocket

TOKYO (AP) — Final preparations for the launch from Japan of the United Arab Emirates’ first Mars mission were underway Monday, but there was a chance of a delay because of bad weather, a Japanese rocket provider s…

Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana. The Trump …

South Carolina man charged with pointing gun at protesters

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina have arrested a man accused of pointing a gun at some “Black Lives Matter” demonstrators as he drove past the State House.

Malaysia PM wins test of support, ousts house speaker

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin narrowly won a motion to remove the speaker of parliament on Monday, scraping through the first test of his support nearly five months after t…

Stocks climb worldwide as CEOs prepare latest report cards

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising in Monday morning trading as CEOs across the country prepare to tell their investors how much money they made, or lost, in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic pounded the ec…

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