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Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit

GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy...

Jun 16, 2021

The Latest: Biden and Putin open summit with a handshake

GENEVA (AP) - GENEVA - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are starting their diplomatic talks in Geneva. The two were first greeted by the Swiss president before sitting down for...

Jun 16, 2021

Malaysia court rules against coroner verdict in teen's death

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian High Court found Wednesday that a coroner erred in ruling that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle resort was likely due t...

Jun 16, 2021

Southern Baptists resist push from right in divisive vote

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides...

Jun 15, 2021

Former student guilty of murder in Colorado school shooting

DENVER (AP) - One of two former students accused of a fatal shooting at a suburban Denver school in 2019 was convicted Tuesday of over 40 criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder and consp...

Jun 15, 2021

People hurt by parachuting protestor at Euro 2020 game

MUNICH - Several spectators were treated in the hospital for injuries caused by a protestor who parachuted into the stadium before France played Germany at the European Championship, UEFA said Tuesday...

Jun 15, 2021

Oldest party wins most seats in voting for 'new Algeria'

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's oldest party, previously thought to be on the wane, won the largest number of seats in weekend legislative elections, the country's electoral authority announced Tues...

Jun 15, 2021

Hungary: Lawmakers pass law barring LGBT content for minors

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Lawmakers in Hungary approved legislation Tuesday that prohibits sharing with minors any content portraying homosexuality or sex reassignment, something supporters said would ...

Jun 15, 2021

NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining so...

Jun 15, 2021

US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and ...

Jun 15, 2021