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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Kosovo court upholds nomination of new prime minister
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's president called on political parties Friday to speed up a parliamentary vote on a new government after the Constitutional Court upheld his nomination of a new prime minister.
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South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa says it has a backlog of nearly 100,000 unprocessed tests for the coronavirus, a striking example of the painful shortage of testing kits and reagents across Africa as cases steadil…
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Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest
EU weighs China policy amid concern over Hong Kong moves
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers debated Friday ways to manage tense relations with China as it asserts more control over Hong Kong and amid concern about Beijing’s influence over EU officials.
Punching through turmoil: Pro boxer helps medical staff cope
PARIS (AP) — Hassan N’Dam, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wanted to repay the French hospital that cared for his father-in-law through his bout with COVID-19.
Locust invasion wreaks havoc on Pakistan's crops, orchards
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — An invasion of locusts has spread across Pakistan, officials said Friday, causing damage to crops and orchards and posing a threat to food security in an impoverished Islamic nation already …
Protest in Hong Kong over China move to pass security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of people joined a protest in a mall in Hong Kong on Friday following a vote by China’s ceremonial parliament to approve legislation that could severely restrict opposition political activit…
World shares fall as Hong Kong, US-China tensions weigh
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Friday in Europe and Asia as investors awaited a news conference about China by President Donald Trump later in the day.
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Family of crash death teen takes action against UK's Raab
LONDON (AP) — The family of a British teenager killed when his motorcycle collided with a car allegedly driven by an American diplomat’s wife plan to take legal action against the U.K. foreign policy chief for his …
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Bosnia police say 2 migrants killed in apparent clash
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police said Friday that two men were killed in an apparent clash among migrants in a northwestern region near the border with Croatia.
New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A new report by the rights group Amnesty International accuses Ethiopia’s security forces of extrajudicial killings and mass detentions even as the country’s reformist prime minister wa…
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