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Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Lawmaker-elect denies wrongdoing over 'comfort women' funds

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A prominent South Korean activist who was recently elected to the National Assembly denied on Friday that she misused public donations for Korean survivors of Japanese wartime sexual slave…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Twitter adds 'glorifying violence' warning to Trump tweet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about “glorifying violence."

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Columbus protest over George Floyd's death turns violent

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Protesters angry over the

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: South Africa has backlog of nearly 100,000 tests

The Latest on the

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Hungary commemorates victims of 2019 Danube boat catastrophe

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Commemorations were held Friday in Hungary for the anniversary of an accident on the Danube River in which over two dozen South Korean tourists died after their tour boat collided with a ri…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Iran says it will continue nuclear work despite US sanctions

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Friday its experts would continue nuclear development activities, despite sanctions imposed earlier this week on their fellow scientists by the United States.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Zookeeper critically mauled by 2 lions at shut Australia zoo

SYDNEY (AP) — Two lions mauled and critically injured a zookeeper inside their enclosure Friday at a closed Australian zoo.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
AP News Digest 3:45 a.m.

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Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
AP Explains: What's behind latest India-China border tension

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Officer accused in Floyd's death opened fire on 2 people

A white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck opened fire on two people during his 19-year career and had nearly 20 complaints and two letters of reprimand filed against him.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) — Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozens of times, sleeping in empty airports and unable to return…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
French carmaker Renault announces 15,000 job cuts worldwide

PARIS (AP) — Struggling French carmaker Renault on Friday announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years, as the company is in bad shape amid declining sales.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Police: 7 shot at Louisville protest against the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman shot by police in her home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police: 7 shot at Louisville protest against the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman shot by police in her home.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Protests explode in US after cop charged with killing Floyd

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Malaysia's Mahathir ousted from party amid power struggle

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been ousted from his ethnic Malay political party in the latest twist of a power struggle with his successor, but he has vowed t…