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Texas governor tests positive for COVID-19, in 'good health'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to his office, who said he is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Abbott, who was vac...

Aug 17, 2021

Taliban announces 'amnesty,' urges women to join government

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban official has announced a general "amnesty" for all in Afghanistan and urged women to join its government. Enamullah Samangani, member of Islamic Emirate's cultural ...

Aug 16, 2021

Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasti...

Aug 16, 2021

Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie...

Aug 16, 2021

Two Holocaust researchers, including Ottawa professor, win libel case on appeal in Poland

WARSAW, Poland - An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars - one of them an Ottawa professor - in a case that has been closely watched because it...

Aug 16, 2021

7 killed in Kabul airport chaos as Taliban patrols capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Thousands of Afghans rushed into Kabul's main airport Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban that they held onto a military jet as it took off and plunged to their d...

Aug 16, 2021

US rushes more troops to calm chaotic evacuation in Kabul

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military is sending another battalion of about 1,000 troops to help safeguard the Kabul airport, where American forces killed two armed people during increasingly chaotic ev...

Aug 16, 2021

Biden team surprised by Taliban gains, 7 dead at airport

WASHINGTON (AP) - Proposed: President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal of Americ...

Aug 16, 2021

Malaysian PM resigns after failing to get majority support

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin tendered his resignation to the king Monday, becoming the shortest-ruling leader after conceding that he lost majority support t...

Aug 15, 2021

Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...

Aug 15, 2021