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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year, many in Asia are shut up at home, riding out the coronavirus pandemic.
Australian police fatally shoot man after stabbings at mall
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Police shot dead a man who stabbed several people at an Australian shopping mall on Friday, officials and media reported.
May brings reopenings around the globe as virus toll climbs
NEW YORK (AP) — May is bringing cautious reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns, from Beijing’s Forbidden city to shopping malls in Texas, as the grim economic toll from the pandemic ticks higher.
AP PHOTOS: Virus-era glimpses of a world without humans
Being human, the world of human beings is the one we tend to notice most. The crowds. The interplay of people. The buzz and bustle of what we call daily life.
Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has for the first time refused to publicly release its data on insurgent attacks amid the implementation of a peace agreement between the United States and …
Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crip…
Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz traveled to Portugal without her parents as a refugee from hunger, cold and postwar depriv…
Hairstylist gives free haircuts to Thai health frontliners
BANGKOK (AP) — Scrubs may be in fashion during the coronavirus crisis, but split ends — never. That's where Pornsupa Hattayong comes in.
AP Week in Pictures, North America
April 24–April 30, 2020
Most California Health Corps volunteers not eligible to join
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For days after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the all-volunteer California Health Corps, he provided updates on how many retired medical workers had signed up and marveled at the numbers — 34…
The Latest: Beijing parks and museums reopened to public
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AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
APRIL 24-30, 2020
Dem lawmakers say Trump's freeze for WHO to hurt Venezuelans
MIAMI (AP) — As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin America as well as U.S. support for Venezuelan migrants has been thrown into doubt as part of President Donald Trump's decision t…
Asia Today: Naruhito performs ritual, Beijing reopens parks
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito marked his first anniversary of his enthronement Friday with a prayer at palace shrines for the people’s peace and happiness amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Beijing’s parks and museums including the ancient Forbidden City reopen to the public after being closed by coronavirus
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing’s parks and museums including the ancient Forbidden City reopen to the public after being closed by coronavirus.