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Germany remembers nearly 80,000 dead in COVID pandemic

BERLIN - Germany is paying tribute Sunday to the nearly 80,000 people it has lost to the coronavirus, even as the country struggles to get a grip on another rise in infections. President Frank-Walter ...

Apr 18, 2021

US, China agree to co-operate on climate crisis with urgency

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States and China, the world's two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to co-operate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts ...

Apr 18, 2021

In Minneapolis, armed patrol group tries to keep the peace

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - As protests intensified in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, a group of Black men joined the crowd intent on keeping the peace and prev...

Apr 18, 2021

After child dies, US regulator warns about Peloton treadmill

NEW YORK - Safety regulators warned people with kids and pets Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and others were injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Saf...

Apr 18, 2021

Czechs expel 18 Russians over huge depot explosion in 2014

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech Republic announced Saturday that it was expelling 18 Russian diplomats who it has identified as spies in a case related to a huge ammunition depot explosion in 2014....

Apr 17, 2021

Four Sikhs among victims of Indianapolis mass shooting

INDIANAPOLIS - Amarjit Sekhon, a 48-year-old mother of two sons, was the breadwinner of her family and one of many members of Indianapolis' tight knit Sikh community employed at a FedEx warehouse on t...

Apr 17, 2021

Harry, William seen chatting together after royal funeral

LONDON - A year after they last saw one another, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry put their fraught relationship aside as they said farewell to their grandfather at his funeral on Saturday....

Apr 17, 2021

Iran names suspect in Natanz attack, says he fled country

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country "hours before" the sabotage happened. While the...

Apr 17, 2021

U.S. climate envoy Kerry in Seoul for climate discussions

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with South Korea's foreign minister in Seoul on Saturday for talks ahead of a virtual climate summit of world leaders called by President ...

Apr 17, 2021

‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name

SANTA FE, N.M. - The 300-million-year-old shark's teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species. The ancient chompers looked less like the spear-like rows of teeth of related species. ...

Apr 17, 2021