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November 11, 2020 3:03 a.m.

The Latest: Britain to stagger holiday travel for students

BRUSSELS — Decreasing hospitalizations, fewer confirmed cases and other major public health indicators show that the resurgence of the coronavirus in Belgium is abating.

November 11, 2020 3:03 a.m.

Defense begins questioning in Japan trial over Ghosn's pay

TOKYO (AP) — The defense team for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly began questioning a key prosecution witness in a Tokyo court this week, seeking to show the alleged underreporting of income of his boss Carlos Ghosn was devised by others at the automaker.

November 11, 2020 2:30 a.m.

Syria's Assad: Western sanctions hinder return of refugees

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government is working to secure the return of millions of refugees who fled war in their country, but Western sanctions are hindering the work of state institutions, complicating those plans, President Bashar Assad said Wednesday.

November 11, 2020 2:27 a.m.

Louis Dreyfus to sell 45% stake to Abu Dhabi wealth fund

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s biggest grain exporting houses signed an agreement on Wednesday to sell a 45% stake to the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, both companies announced.

November 11, 2020 2:09 a.m.

Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while

November 11, 2020 2:03 a.m.

Cambodia bans state-organized events in capital over virus

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia on Wednesday banned all state-organized events in the capital and a neighboring province for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after a number of people connected to a Hungarian official's visit tested positive.

November 11, 2020 2:03 a.m.

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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)

November 11, 2020 2:03 a.m.

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Maryland: Expand Commercial Gaming (Authorize sports betting)

November 11, 2020 1:27 a.m.

China auto sales grow 12.5% in October

BEIJING (AP) — China’s sales of vehicles including trucks and buses rose 12.5% over a year earlier in October as the industry recovered from the coronavirus, but total purchases in the year’s first 10 months still were below pre-virus levels, an industry group reported Wednesday.

November 11, 2020 1:09 a.m.

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Alaska: Open Primary, Ranked Choice GE (Primary top four go to GE)

November 11, 2020 1:09 a.m.

AP News Digest 3:55 a.m.

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November 11, 2020 1:09 a.m.

In Iran, a massive cemetery struggles to keep up with virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For over half a century, a massive graveyard on the edge of Iran's capital has provided a final resting place for this country's war dead, its celebrities and artists, its thinkers and leaders and all those in between.

November 11, 2020 1:09 a.m.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers announced Wednesday they would resign en masse after four of them were ousted from the semiautonomous Chinese territory's Legislature in a move one legislator said could sound the “death knell” for democracy there.

November 11, 2020 1:09 a.m.

Teen's mom: Daughter, found dead in Malaysia, was abducted

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The mother of an Irish-French teen whose body was found last year near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation said Wednesday that evidence may have been lost because police were slow to act on the possibility that her daughter could have been abducted.

November 11, 2020 1 a.m.

Irrigation district board sets meeting

The board of directors for the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District will meet at 9 a.m., Thursday, by telephone.

November 11, 2020 1 a.m.

No end to public service for Marine Corps veterans

Today, many veterans of the Marines, an organization older than even the Declaration of Independence and which celebrated its 245th birthday Tuesday, still serve their communities in the Columbia Basin through law enforcement, fire fighting, education, elected office, or as volunteers.

November 11, 2020 1 a.m.

Police reports for Nov. 11, 2020

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Police seek information in Royal City armed robbery
November 11, 2020 1 a.m.

Police seek information in Royal City armed robbery

ROYAL CITY — Royal City Police officers are looking for information that will help them find a man who robbed a local grocery store at gunpoint Friday night.

November 11, 2020 12:33 a.m.

Bahrain's long-serving prime minister dies at age 84

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died on Wednesday. He was 84.

November 11, 2020 12:27 a.m.

Turkish fishing boat collides with Greek vessel; 4 dead

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish fishing boat capsized on Wednesday after colliding with a Greek-flagged tanker off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, officials said. Four people on board the boat were killed while one other person is reported missing.