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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
Club-wielding police in Belarus arrest nearly 400 protesters
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Club-swinging police went after demonstrators in Belarus' capital who were demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president on Sunday, the 90th consecutive day of protests.
For some who bore toll of virus, Biden offers sign of hope
After a brutal year of trying to save the sick and burying the dead, news of Joe Biden’s ascension to president-elect came to some as a glimmer of hope that an end to the coronavirus misery might be in sight.
UK's Johnson, praised by Trump, seeks new UK bond with Biden
LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson’s famous charm worked wonders on Donald Trump, but he faces a tougher audience in Joe Biden.
Militant mortar fire kills 8 Afghan civilians, official says
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least eight Afghan civilians — five children and three women — were killed Sunday when militants fired mortars into eastern Ghazni province's capital city, a provincial official said.
AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life
Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries.
The Latest: Israel cautiously reopens after lockdown
JERUSALEM — Israel has allowed most retail shops to repen for the first time in nearly two months, in the latest phase of its exit from a second coronavirus lockdown.
The Latest: Biden to name Murthy, Kessler to virus panel
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Ethiopia reshuffles top officials as Tigray conflict grows
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister announced major changes to his government's military and intelligence leadership on Sunday as he sought to defend a growing military action against the country's defi…
Fashion-forward: Affirmative action hits Brazil's runways
SAO PAULO (AP) — Bold styles are usually the talk of the town for Sao Paulo Fashion Week. This year, couture connoisseurs in Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city have focused on the models — more specifically, the color…
Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north
Joe Biden shored up the Democrats' “blue wall,” — more sturdily in Michigan, more tenuously in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — to rebuild the party's path back to the White House.
Lots of finger pointing as Honolulu rail runs out of money
WAIPAHU, Hawaii (AP) — Susan Galicha can see Honolulu’s rail cars being tested on elevated tracks just minutes from her home. Yet the Waikiki hotel housekeeper may never get to ride them to work and avoid the city’…
AP PHOTOS: World reacts to Biden-Harris win after tense wait
BERLIN (AP) — On pins and needles for days as the votes were counted, the announcement that Joe Biden had won the U.S. presidential election on Saturday produced an burst of excitement around the world, as many peo…
Thai protesters defy police water cannons to deliver letters
BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand were confronted by riot police and sprayed by water cannons Sunday as they tried to approach Bangkok's Grand Palace to deliver letters about their political griev…