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Indonesia's top Islamic body OKs China's Sinovac vaccine

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's highest Islamic body on Friday gave its religious approval to China's Sinovac vaccine, paving the way for its distribution in the world's most populous Muslim nation. ...

Jan 08, 2021

Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, the first...

Jan 07, 2021

Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation'...

Jan 07, 2021

Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit

WASHINGTON - A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with ...

Jan 07, 2021

Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural

WASHINGTON - The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospe...

Jan 07, 2021

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants ...

Jan 07, 2021

Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed

BEIJING - The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption...

Jan 07, 2021

Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies

O'FALLON, Mo. - Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was also a Civil War vet...

Jan 07, 2021

Several state lawmakers joined, observed US Capitol turmoil

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself and supporters of President Donald Trump storming into the U.S. Capitol is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation as federal prosec...

Jan 07, 2021

2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In a potential blow to the #MeToo movement in China, two former journalists were convicted of defaming a third journalist by publishing an account accusing him of sexual misconduct. A...

Jan 07, 2021