Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday, broadening their enforcement of a new national security law and...
Opposition candidate leaves Belarus, urges end to protests
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The top opposition candidate in Belarus' presidential election, who initially refused to concede defeat amid a massive...
Global coronavirus cases top 20M as Russia approves vaccine
NICOLE WINFIELD, ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, more than half...
Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccine
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DARIA LITVINOVA
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that...
Lebanon’s Cabinet resigns over Beirut blast amid public fury
BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's government resigned Monday amid widespread public fury at the country's ruling elite over last week's devastating explosion...
Searchers in Beirut recover more bodies days after blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the rubble of Beirut's port Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a...
Negligence suspected in Beirut blast involving chemicals
BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Investigators began searching through the wreckage of Beirut's port Wednesday for clues to the cause...
Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries
BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as...
Report: Retired Pope Benedict XVI ill after visit to Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother,...
HSBC says net profit plunged 96% in 2Q as pandemic took hold
LONDON (AP) — Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, said Monday that its net profit plummeted 96% in the second quarter of this year as lower...