Pandemic brings 1st Australian recession in 29 years
CANBERRA, Australia — The coronavirus pandemic pushed Australia’s economy into recession for the first time in 29 years in the first quarter of the ye...
European jobless rate up modestly, Germany mulls stimulus
BERLIN — Europe's unemployment rate ticked up modestly last month, contained by use of labor programs that have kept millions of workers on payrolls a...
In COVID-19 darkness, gift of a `Moment of Light’ to museum
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — If not for the pandemic, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum would have missed out on a classic Dutch 16th century painting it so badly c...
Burkina Faso’s food woes deepen as extremists expand reach
TOUGAN, Burkina Faso — Islamic extremists chased Adama Drabo and his family from their land in western Burkina Faso, forcing them to abandon a year's ...
Asia Today: S Korea reopening schools despite spike in cases
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defe...
Police shove, make AP journalists stop covering protest
NEW YORK — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the...
Iowa voters oust Rep. King, shunned for insensitive remarks
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightnin...
The Latest: Thousands on New York City streets after curfew
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on ...
Asian shares rise as Wall Street gains for 3rd straight day
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from ...
Trump says GOP is pulling convention from North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention aft...
The Latest: UN body calls for action on debt amid pandemic
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with e...
Broncos stop football to talk about race relations, Floyd
Instead of X's and O's, the Denver Broncos spent Tuesday talking about racial injustice, police brutality and healing a nation rocked by demonstration...
NASCAR City USA: Cup Series set for 2021 return to Nashville
It’s music to NASCAR’s ears: the stock car series is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
Pelosi urges Trump to be ‘healer in chief’ as protests rage
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Trump questions render Trudeau speechless for 21 seconds
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canadians are watching what’s unfolding in the United States with “horror and const...
DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
WASHINGTON — Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the deat...
Safety board asks helicopter makers to install ‘black boxes’
Federal safety investigators bypassed aviation regulators on Tuesday and urged leading helicopter manufacturers to install so-called black boxes that ...
Minneapolis police face civil rights probe over Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in hopes of forcing widespr...
Retired officer, ex-college athlete among victims of unrest
One man was a retired St. Louis police captain checking on his friend's shop. Another was the beloved owner of a Louisville barbecue restaurant who pr...
John Prine’s wife urges Tennessee to expand absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The wife of singer-songwriter John Prine, who died from complications of COVID-19, urged lawmakers Tuesday to expand absentee votin...
Bell, Telus give 5G contracts to Europeans, Huawei shut out
TORONTO — Two of Canada’s three major telecommunication companies announced Tuesday they’ve decided not to use Chinese tech giant Huawei for their nex...
Some governors balk at Trump request to send troops to DC
RICHMOND, Va. — Some governors are rejecting President Donald Trump's request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., for a massive militar...
Pompeo hits China over Tiananmen as US faces civil unrest
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday marked this week's anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in ...
Experts watch as Rio de Janeiro economy starts to reopen
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro, one of the cities worst hit by COVID-19 in Brazil, slowly started to reopen on Tuesday, more than two months after no...
Hoops Hall mulls date for Bryant, Class of 2020 induction
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the all-but-certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryan...
Former tennis star still shaken by encounter with cop in ’15
Nearly five years later, former tennis star James Blake says he never suspected the large man running toward him was a plainclothes New York City poli...
Movie night in Venezuela barrio offers respite from troubles
CARACAS, Venezuela — At nightfall in one corner of Venezuela's largest and most notorious barrio, all eyes turned to the glow of a temporary movie scr...
Review: Documentary about electric racing holds little spark
For proof that Leonardo DiCaprio can't save every film he touches, look no further than “And We Go Green,” a languid documentary about the electric ca...