Hard-hit Peru's costly bet on cheap COVID-19 antibody tests

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the harried health officials of Peru faced a quandary. They knew molecular tests for COVID-19 were the best option to detect the virus – yet th…

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Kuwaiti National Guard figure picked as next crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s deputy chief of the National Guard, who spent years in the oil-rich country’s security services, was nominated as crown prince on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti state news agency…

Stocks open higher after Trump signals openness to virus aid

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he could be willing to sign off on specific aid measures for airlines and small businesses as well as ano…

For Coptic Church, changes, questions after priest ouster

For 17 years, Sally Zakhari said she told priests and leaders in the Coptic Orthodox Church her childhood nightmare — how a Coptic priest visiting from Egypt sexually abused her at her Florida home during what was …

Over 50 arrested in police bust against Barcelona drug dens

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At least 51 people have been arrested in a massive crackdown on drug dens in and around Spain's northeastern city of Barcelona, police said Wednesday.

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US expresses concern over China link to Cambodian base

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States expressed disappointment Wednesday that Cambodia is tearing down a U.S.-funded building used for a maritime security program, and voiced concern that the action may be …

Kuwait's National Guard minister picked as next crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s deputy chief of the National Guard, who spent years in the oil-rich country’s security services, was nominated as crown prince on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti state news agency…

Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico, toppling trees

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Court documents ask Parkland parents to prove mental anguish

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Parents who sued a school district after their children died in a mass shooting at a Florida high school are being asked to turn over their psychiatric records to prove they have suffer…

Elusive eastern black rail threatened by rising sea levels

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the Eastern black rail a threatened species on Wednesday, but stopped short of the stronger protections some environmentalists were seeking for the elusive bird, now impe…

Prominent Vietnam dissident arrested on anti-state charges

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities arrested a prominent dissident and blogger on Wednesday, hours after Vietnam and the United States finished an annual human rights dialogue.

Extremists release 2 Cuban doctors in Somalia, officials say

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring Somalia, officials say. But a Cuban o…

Delta roared into Mexican resorts as a Category 2 hurricane

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