Merkel: US, Germany must stand together on climate change

BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. and Germany must stand “side by side” in handling the coronavirus pandemic, fighting global warming and terrorism, and in working for “an open global economy and free trade,” German Chancello…

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Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers threaten to resign

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said Monday that they would resign en masse from the city’s legislative council if the central Chinese government in Beijing disqualifies any of them.

Human toll of incendiary weapons documented in new report

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A new report released Monday documents the use of incendiary weapons and their horrific human cost on civilians over the past decade in conflict zones like Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and …

Libya's rivals start UN-led talks to reach political accord

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Libya’s rival factions began much-awaited political peace talks in Tunisia’s capital on Monday brokered by the United Nations, with a goal of drawing a roadmap to presidential and parliamentar…

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Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s far-right interior minister, Mart Helme, resigned Monday, a day after he called President-elect Joe Biden and his son Hunter “corrupt characters” without providing further detai…

EU moves ahead with tariffs on US but hopes for Biden change

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union pressed ahead Monday with plans to impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for plane maker Boeing, bu…

McCarrick: What's known about the abusive US ex-cardinal

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-influential American cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican …

Already flooded, South Florida feeling wrath of Eta

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Torrential rain from Tropical Storm Eta caused dangerous flooding across Florida's most densely populated urban areas on Monday after it made landfall in the Florida Keys. Cars were str…

Pakistan's supreme court orders release of detained TV mogul

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's supreme court on Monday granted bail to the owner and editor-in-chief of country's largest independent group of newspapers and television stations, months after his arrest in a decades-o…

Austrian authorities raid suspected Islamic radicals

VIENNA (AP) — Investigators in several Austrian regions carried out raids early Monday on people and organizations suspected of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas groups, prosecutors said.

EU advances plan to slap tariffs on US goods over Boeing aid

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union pressed ahead Monday with plans to impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for plane maker Boeing.

China holding off sending congratulations in US election

BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it has taken note of Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the U.S. presidential election but is holding off on sending any message of congratulations.

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