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US hits Syria’s elite with new economic and travel sanctions

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday ramped up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad and his inner circle with a raft of new economi...
14:22 17 June 2020

Boris Johnson’s car hit in fender-bender; no injuries

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in a minor car crash on Wednesday after a protester ran in front of the vehicle as it left Parliamen...
14:15 17 June 2020

‘Hamilton,’ ‘Phantom’ will be off London stages until 2021

LONDON — Some of London’s biggest West End shows, including “Hamilton” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” won’t reopen until next year, producers announc...
13:57 17 June 2020

VIRUS DIARY: Learning his way around a kitchen, finally

NEW YORK — This is not the plan I cooked up.
13:38 17 June 2020

Turkey begins offensive against Kurdish rebels in north Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops into northern Iraq for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey's Kurdish rebels.
13:26 17 June 2020

Tyler Perry says he’s ‘exhausted’ by all the hate, division

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry wrote “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustic...
12:33 17 June 2020

Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond

They are nurses and doctors, artists, students, construction workers, government employees; black, brown and white; young and old.
12:18 17 June 2020

Former Army secretary backs Biden, citing ‘moral leadership’

WASHINGTON — The first openly gay Army secretary says he’s supporting Joe Biden for president, the latest endorsement from a former military leader wh...
12:02 17 June 2020

Bayern coach Flick the key to latest Bundesliga triumph

BERLIN — Bayern Munich effectively won the Bundesliga title in November when it appointed Hansi Flick as coach.
11:50 17 June 2020

Columbus as supremacist? Some with Italian roots reject him

BOSTON — Generations of Italian Americans embraced Christopher Columbus with little thought to the dark side of his legacy. But as the nation grapples...
11:49 17 June 2020

Zimbabwe’s sex workers on streets despite virus restrictions

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe’s sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning...
10:52 17 June 2020

Arab Israeli diplomat says security guards choked him

JERUSALEM — An Arab Israeli diplomat once deployed abroad to push back against Israel's critics says he was beaten by security guards at Jerusalem’s c...
8:16 17 June 2020

Asia stocks lower after Wall Street gains on recovery hopes

BEIJING — Major Asian stock markets declined Wednesday after Wall Street gained on hopes for a global economic recovery and Japan's exports sank.
3:29 17 June 2020

The Latest: New Zealand PM assigns military leader to border

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has assigned a top military leader to oversee the nation’s border quarantine measu...
2:58 17 June 2020

Facebook aims to help voters, but won’t block Trump misinfo

Facebook is launching a widespread effort to boost U.S. voter turnout and provide authoritative information about voting — just as it doubles down on ...
2:11 17 June 2020

Asia Today: Beijing adds more measures to curb new outbreak

BEIJING — Beijing reported a slight increase in new coronavirus cases Wednesday as it fights a new outbreak with strict measures aimed at reducing hum...
2:10 17 June 2020

Arkansas AG sues TV pastor over virus treatment claims

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' attorney general on Tuesday sued Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker over his promotion of a product falsely touted as a...
1:21 17 June 2020

’30 Rock’ cast reuniting to tout new NBC, cable schedules

LOS ANGELES — Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and other “30 Rock” stars are reuniting for a corporate cause: to promote the shows and stars that ...
1:19 17 June 2020

Church tied to Oregon’s largest coronavirus outbreak

SALEM, Ore. — A church in rural northeastern Oregon is now the epicenter of the state's largest coronavirus outbreak, as 236 people tested positive fo...
0:40 17 June 2020

Black reporter sues paper over ban on her protest coverage

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter prohibited from covering the city's Black Lives Matter protests because of a tweet sued the paper on Tuesday.
0:33 17 June 2020

NBA lays out its vision for Disney restart to teams, players

Here’s some of what awaits NBA players going to Disney next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing ar...
23:30 16 June 2020

White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has long been fond of crafting his own version of the facts. But when he said “if we stop testing right now we’d hav...
22:47 16 June 2020

US Supreme Court halts Texas execution over clergy question

HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve Tuesday to a Texas inmate scheduled to die for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two...
22:25 16 June 2020

Earnhardt Jr. headlines NASCAR’s 2021 Hall of Fame class

All Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed was a chance to prove he could win in stock cars.
22:18 16 June 2020

Venezuela court orders takeover of 2 major political parties

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Supreme Court, loyal to President Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday ordered the takeover of two influential political partie...
22:05 16 June 2020

Column: Cranberries and a ticking clock for Ryder Cup fate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The final weekend in September in Wisconsin was expected to be bustling with good times and gigantic crowds, upward of 45,0...
21:16 16 June 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on an AIDS vaccine that doesn’t exist

WASHINGTON — Seizing on a medical milestone that doesn't exist, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thinks the same scientific expertise that produ...
20:47 16 June 2020

Nasrallah says Lebanon should not observe US Syria sanctions

BEIRUT — The head of Hezbollah group on Tuesday said Lebanon should not observe new U.S. sanctions against Syria which he described as deeply hurtful ...
20:30 16 June 2020

Airman charged with murder of federal officer at courthouse

An Air Force sergeant already jailed in the ambush killing of a California sheriff’s deputy was charged Tuesday with murdering a federal security offi...
20:24 16 June 2020

PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire

Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic co...
20:02 16 June 2020