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Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is cautiously optimistic there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021. Fauci warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots …

The Latest: South Africa opens hospital at donated VW plant

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has opened a 3,300-bed field hospital in a converted car manufacturing plant as the country braces for an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases.

North Macedonia: 64 Bangladeshi migrants found in truck

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country’s border with Greece.

Thai Cabinet approves draft laws against torture, abductions

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved draft laws on prevention of torture and forced disappearances, a measure that has long been sought by human rights activists.

Detained in isolation, migrant families fear catching virus

HOUSTON (AP) — In the isolation wing of a U.S. detention center for immigrant families, a woman from El Salvador says her 8-year-old son asks her if they are going to die.

Police union says it's been 'scapegoated' after Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Leaders of the Minneapolis police union acknowledged Tuesday that bystander video of the police encounter with George Floyd was “horrific” but said they've been denied the chance to look at body …

The Latest: Africa's 1st COVID-19 vaccine trial starting

JOHANNESBURG — Researchers in South Africa say the first COVID-19 vaccine trial on the African continent is set to get underway on Wednesday.

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PA's bid to halt annexation leaves Gaza patients in limbo

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Jomaa al-Najjar was desperate to send his 2-month-old daughter Joud out of the Gaza Strip to Israel for urgent medical treatment for epilepsy. But with the Palestinian Authority refus…

Mathematicians behind JPEG files honored by Spanish award

MADRID (AP) — An international team of mathematicians whose theories have improved the compression of large digital files of data, including images and sound, will be recognized with one of the most prestigious awa…

The Latest: Egypt to open mosques but keep Friday prayer ban

CAIRO - Egypt is gradually loosening its partial coronavirus lockdown amid a steady increase of daily infections in recent weeks.

The battle is not over: Rising infections seen worldwide

BERLIN (AP) — Renewed lockdown measures in a German region where hundreds of coronavirus cases sprung up at a slaughterhouse and news that the world's top-ranked tennis player has also been infected provided a star…

Rights groups criticize Trump for inviting Polish president

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is being accused of sending a message of support to those looking to discriminate against LGBT people and other minorities by hosting his Polish counterpart at the …

US, Russia hold new nuclear arms talks, but without China

BERLIN (AP) — American and Russian negotiators have concluded a round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna, aimed at producing a new agreement to replace the New START treaty that expires in February — the last …

Family of dead Paris delivery man urges chokehold ban

PARIS (AP) — New details about the death of a French delivery driver in the wake of a police arrest in January have raised renewed criticism over police restraining techniques and prompted his family to urge a ban …