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Pandemic upends life on isolated, idyllic Galapagos Islands

SAN CRISTOBAL, Ecuador — Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were c...
14:19 11 May 2020

Cape Town and its province are South Africa’s virus hotspot

JOHANNESBURG — Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape province have become South Africa's coronavirus hotspot, accounting for more than half of th...
14:18 11 May 2020

Cyprus extends commercial flight ban, hopes to spur tourism

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus on Monday extended a ban on commercial flights into and out of the country until May 28 as the government considers ways to r...
14:13 11 May 2020

‘Masked Singer,’ Kim Cattrall soap on Fox’s fall schedule

LOS ANGELES — “The Masked Singer,” an artificial-intelligence thriller and a prime-time soap opera starring Kim Cattrall will be part of Fox's fall li...
13:24 11 May 2020

‘Coronavirus hairstyle’ spikes in popularity in East Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya — The coronavirus has revived a hairstyle in East Africa, one with braided spikes that echo the virus' distinctive shape.
10:19 11 May 2020

Lebanon faces grave threat to stability as poverty mounts

TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa Homsi feels her family being pushed c...
10:15 11 May 2020

African nations seek their own solutions in virus crisis

DAKAR, Senegal — A loud hiss and grunt come from a green bag pressing air through a tube, as Senegalese researchers work to develop a prototype ventil...
7:54 11 May 2020

Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts $26B in costs amid pandemic

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia announced Monday it was tripling taxes on basic goods, raising them to 15%, and cutting spending on major p...
6:55 11 May 2020

Ukraine’s hospitals under strain, even with few virus cases

CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine — Medical workers in homemade protective masks and suits, with plastic bags over their shoes. A hospital intended for 150 coronavi...
6:50 11 May 2020

New Zealand ‘Stuff’ future unclear after dueling statements

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The future of one of New Zealand's largest media organizations remained unclear Monday following a series of dueling stock m...
5:54 11 May 2020

A breakfast in ’95 played a role in Jordan’s return to Bulls

B.J. Armstrong might have played a role in the Chicago Bulls getting their 1996, 1997 and 1998 titles — even though he wasn't on those teams.
4:29 11 May 2020

Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on recovery hopes

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street advanced as investors looked past dismal U.S. jobs and other data toward hopes for a globa...
3:50 11 May 2020

Long wait for Tokyo 2020 Olympic souvenir market to pick up

TOKYO — These are lonely times for thousands of souvenirs in dozens of Tokyo 2020 Olympic stores, which are drawing few customers with the postponed g...
2:34 11 May 2020

Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls

SHANGHAI — Visitors wearing face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as China’s most prominent theme park reopened Monday in a new step toward rol...
2:33 11 May 2020

Chiefs among centerpieces of NFL slate as they chase repeat

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the makeshift interview room just outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, defensive tackle Chris Jones yelled across to Chiefs teamm...
17:16 10 May 2020

Georgia officials examine threats to Arbery case protesters

ATLANTA — Officials in Georgia say they are investigating an online threat against people protesting the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who aut...
16:40 10 May 2020

Shutdown of tribal casinos deals blow to Indian Country

SPOKANE, Wash. — When the Kalispel Tribe of Indians closed its casino as the coronavirus took hold in Washington state, it essentially shut down its e...
15:12 10 May 2020

US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus

ORLANDO, Fla. — It's not meant to be a trick question, but many filling out their 2020 U.S. census form struggle to answer: How many people were stayi...
15:09 10 May 2020

Spanish league keeps plan to resume despite 5 positive tests

MADRID — The Spanish league is not changing its plan to resume competing after five players from clubs in the first and second divisions tested positi...
14:59 10 May 2020

Italian woman returns home after 18-month African kidnapping

ROME — Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 1...
14:31 10 May 2020

Trump asking justices to bar demands for taxes, bank records

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hoping to persuade a Supreme Court with two of his appointees to keep his tax and other financial records from ...
14:02 10 May 2020

A big-city orchestra salvages a student’s canceled recital

Devastated after her graduate recital was canceled due to coronavirus concerns, Brooke Mead nearly gave up. Faced with recording the concert alone, at...
14:00 10 May 2020

New Iraq PM releases protesters, promotes respected general

BAGHDAD — Iraq's judiciary ordered courts on Sunday to release anti-government protesters, carrying out one of the first decisions of the recently ina...
11:28 10 May 2020

Profits up for Emirates Air, but revenue down amid pandemic

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Middle East's biggest carrier, Emirates, announced on Sunday profits of $288 million over the past year even as reve...
7:49 10 May 2020

Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission

BERLIN — They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn't part of the program.
6:28 10 May 2020

Taliban say they don’t have missing US contractor

ISLAMABAD — Taliban leaders searched their ranks, including the much-feared Haqqani network, and on Sunday told The Associated Press they are not hold...
4:26 10 May 2020

Virus prevents diaspora Venezuelans from sending money home

CARACAS, Venezuela — After fleeing Venezuela along with millions of others amid the country's grueling humanitarian crisis, Misael Cocho made his way ...
4:01 10 May 2020

Visitors flock to Smoky Mountains park on reopening day

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The reopening of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was a little too tempting of a draw Saturday as scores of nature lovers f...
23:24 9 May 2020

Jagger, Dylan, Quincy Jones react to death of Little Richard

Reaction to the death of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87.
21:03 9 May 2020

Hamlin closes NASCAR’s iRacing Series with another victory

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin closed NASCAR's iRacing Series with a victory at a simulation of throwback North Wilkesboro Speedway.
20:50 9 May 2020