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Pope says women can read at Mass, but still can't be priests
ROME - Pope Francis changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests. Francis amended the law to formalize and ...
Jan 11, 2021
Israel announces new settlements, risking Biden's anger
JERUSALEM - Israel on Monday advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden. Prime...
Jan 11, 2021
Biden chooses veteran diplomat Burns as CIA director
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career a...
Jan 11, 2021
Hong Kong's new top judge urges impartiality in courts
Hong Kong's new top judge warned Monday that the semiautonomous Chinese territory's courts need to show they are impartial amid a flurry of politically charged cases or risk losing public trust. Hong ...
Jan 11, 2021
80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happen
TOKYO - More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take pla...
Jan 11, 2021
China denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
BEIJING - A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington cla...
Jan 11, 2021
80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happen
TOKYO - More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take pla...
Jan 11, 2021
EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia's plane safety record is a concern
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Saturday's plane crash in Indonesia, in which a Sriwijaya Air carrying 62 people plunged into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, has once again turned the microscope on the safet...
Jan 11, 2021
Indonesia navy divers hunt for crashed plane's black boxes
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian navy divers scoured the floor of the Java Sea on Monday as they hunted for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the waters at high velocity with 6...
Jan 11, 2021
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump enters the last days of his presidency isolated and shunned by former allies and members of his own party as he faces a second impeachment and growing calls for his...
Jan 11, 2021