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June 18, 2020 5:03 a.m.

Asturias award honors Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson

MADRID (AP) — Canadian essayist and poet Anne Carson, author of the 1986 non-fiction book “Eros the Bittersweet,” will be honored this year with one of Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Awards.

June 18, 2020 5:03 a.m.

Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies

Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her nephew confirmed. She was 92.

June 18, 2020 4:27 a.m.

Democrat McClellan announces bid to be Virginia governor

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia state senator is launching a bid to be the state's next governor, which if successful would make her the nation's first African American woman to lead a state.

June 18, 2020 4:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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June 18, 2020 4:03 a.m.

Hungary law on NGOs' foreign funding found to break EU rules

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Restrictions imposed by Hungary on the foreign funding of non-governmental organizations do not comply with EU law, the Court of Justice of the European Union said Thursday.

June 18, 2020 1:03 a.m.

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

BEIJING (AP) — China’s legislature on Thursday passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory's legal and political institutions.

June 18, 2020 12:27 a.m.

JD.com stock jumps 6% in Hong Kong debut amid annual sale

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com’s stock jumped nearly 6% on its debut in Hong Kong on Thursday after the firm raised $3.9 billion in a share sale.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Call to cancel Tokyo Olympics enters race for Tokyo governor

TOKYO (AP) — The contentious issue of the billions being spent on the postponed Tokyo Olympics has entered the debate in the race for governor of Japan's capital.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Chegg, Tempur Sealy rise; Oracle, CoreCivic fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday:

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

India cautions China over its claim to area of deadly clash

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Thursday cautioned China against making "exaggerated and untenable claims" to the Galwan Valley area even as both nations tried to end a standoff in the Himalayan region where their armies engaged in a deadly clash.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

EPL resumes with powerful anti-racism message, tech glitch

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The referee blew his whistle, signaling the return of soccer in England after a 100-day stoppage because of the coronavirus outbreak.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund

NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake of the George Floyd protests.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Job losses continue, suburbs appealing to homebuyers

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Wednesday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'A hot mess': Hickenlooper stumbles into Democratic primary

DENVER (AP) — Former Gov. John Hickenlooper was supposed to be Democrats' worry-free solution to the Colorado Senate race, but he's stumbled badly in the weeks leading up to the party's June 30 primary.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The special secret sauce in John Legend’s album: the Grammys

NEW YORK (AP) — At the 2020 Grammy Awards, John Legend excitedly walked around with “a special secret,” as he puts it: He had just finished recording a batch of songs and felt like his new album was near done.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Sudan says talks on Ethiopia's Nile dam fail to produce deal

CAIRO (AP) — The latest round of talks between three key Nile basin countries have failed to resolve a contentious dispute over construction of a giant $4.6 billion hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia, Sudan’s irrigation minister said.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Bolton: Trump said Xi was right to detain ethnic minorities

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told China's Xi Jinping that he was right to build detention camps to house hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities, former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton alleged in a new book that could make the president’s tough-on-China mantra a hard sell.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP PHOTOS: A first-person view inside Beijing's virus tests

BEIJING (AP) — As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed in Beijing in recent days, officials identified more than 350,000 people who needed to be tested.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was Cher or Madonna, Beyoncé or Rihanna, there was another savvy media star who unapologetically embraced her sex appeal and femininity.

June 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China to reveal all it knows about the coronavirus outbreak in a meeting with a top Chinese official in Hawaii on Wednesday as new revelations about President Donald Trump and China rocked Washington.