World reaches 400,000 virus deaths as pope urges caution
JOSEPH WILSON
Associated Press
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities on Sunday, a...
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a police ban
ZEN SOO and KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through...
UK hosts vaccine summit amid calls for free virus vaccine
MARIA CHENG and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — A vaccine summit hosted by the British government on Thursday raised billions of dollars to...
Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence
PAN PYLAS and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people demonstrated in London on Wednesday against police violence and racial injustice following...
China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
The Associated Press
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly...
Afghan government releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners
KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners Tuesday, its single largest prisoner release...
In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, everyone else is to blame for virus
DAVID BILLER
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil emerging as one of the world's most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting...
UK leader Johnson stands by aide over 250-mile lockdown trip
JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday he wouldn't fire his chief aide for allegedly violating the national lockdown...
Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time is running out on an arms control treaty that, if it's allowed to expire, will leave the...
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood
ADIL JAWAD
Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Pakistan's port...