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December 23, 2020 1:30 a.m.

Rights groups urge release of detained Ugandan rights lawyer

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Human Rights Watch and other rights groups are urging Ugandan authorities to free a prominent rights attorney who is being held by police over criminal allegations.

December 23, 2020 11:09 a.m.

More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 100 people have been killed in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in western Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday, and the toll is expected to rise.

December 21, 2020 11:06 p.m.

Israel on cusp of fourth national elections in two years

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel appeared headed to its fourth election in two years on Tuesday after a last-ditch effort to keep the government afloat and push off the automatic dissolution of parliament failed.

December 22, 2020 12:09 a.m.

Israel on cusp of fourth national elections in two years

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel appeared headed to its fourth election in two years on Tuesday after a last-ditch effort to keep the government afloat and push off the automatic dissolution of parliament failed.

December 22, 2020 7:36 a.m.

Pakistan army: Indian fire kills woman, wounds 3 in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A 50-year-old woman was killed and three other villagers wounded Tuesday when Indian troops fired into the Pakistan-administered part of the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan’s military said.

December 22, 2020 10:42 a.m.

Former banker named PM-designate after Romania election

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president on Tuesday appointed the outgoing finance minister as prime minister-designate after three pro-Western centrist groups joined forces to keep out of power a left-leaning populist party that won most votes at a parliamentary election earlier this month.

December 22, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Report: March turbulence shows need for financial reforms

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected before the next crisis hits.

December 22, 2020 5:27 p.m.

Cavaliers' Love to miss season opener with calf strain

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will miss the season opener on Wednesday night against Charlotte because of a strained right calf.

December 23, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Cavaliers' Love to miss season opener with calf strain

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will miss the season opener on Wednesday night against Charlotte because of a strained right calf.

December 23, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Report: March turbulence shows need for financial reforms

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected before the next crisis hits.

December 18, 2020 9:39 a.m.

Sentencing delay sought for fired VA staffer who killed 7

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Lawyers are asking to delay the sentencing of a former staffer at a veterans hospital in West Virginia who pleaded guilty to intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin.

December 18, 2020 11:33 a.m.

Mexico City, suburbs return to partial coronavirus lockdown

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After weeks of resisting to avoid further hurting the economy, officials announced Friday that Mexico City and surrounding Mexico State will ban all non-essential activities and return to a partial lockdown because of a spike in coronavirus cases that has crowded hospitals.

December 18, 2020 12:30 p.m.

US sanctions tech company for aiding Maduro election gambit

MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on an Argentine-owned technology company for helping Nicolás Maduro carry out recent legislative elections boycotted as fraudulent by the U.S.-backed opposition.

December 18, 2020 1:06 p.m.

Haskins to start for Washington vs. Seattle with Smith out

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Dwayne Haskins is set to start at quarterback for Washington on Sunday against Seattle because starter Alex Smith is out with a right calf injury.

December 15, 2020 4:30 p.m.

Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed an Indiana prosecutor to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court based in Chicago.

December 15, 2020 8:27 p.m.

Australia to seek WTO intervention in barley row with China

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will ask the World Trade Organization to intervene in its dispute with China over barley and expects other nations to become involved in the case, Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Wednesday.

December 16, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Australia to seek WTO intervention in barley row with China

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will ask the World Trade Organization to intervene in its dispute with China over barley and expects other nations to become involved in the case, Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Wednesday.

December 17, 2020 6:09 a.m.

Dutch committee issues scathing report into benefit system

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch parliamentary commission issued a damning report Thursday into a scandal in which thousands of parents were wrongly labeled fraudsters by government officials assessing claims for child benefit payments.

December 12, 2020 9:33 a.m.

Reyna scores but Stuttgart routs Dortmund 5-1 in Bundesliga

BERLIN (AP) — Stuttgart routed Borussia Dortmund 5-1 to extend the home side’s winless run in the Bundesliga to three games on Saturday.

December 19, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Mexico City, suburbs return to partial coronavirus lockdown

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After weeks of resisting to avoid further hurting the economy, officials announced Friday that Mexico City and surrounding Mexico State will ban all non-essential activities and return to a partial lockdown because of a spike in coronavirus cases that has crowded hospitals.