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UK holds crisis talks as France closes border on virus fears

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later Monday after France closed its borders to arrivals from the U.K. to stem the spread of...

Dec 21, 2020

EU regulator meets to discuss approval of COVID-19 vaccine

AMSTERDAM - The European Medicines Agency is meeting Monday to consider approving a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that would be the first to be authorized for use in the Europea...

Dec 21, 2020

AP Interview: China signals shift but no let-up in Xinjiang

BEIJING - A Chinese Communist Party official signalled Monday that there would likely be no let-up in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, but said the government's focus is shifting more to addressi...

Dec 21, 2020

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ grabs $38.5 million overseas

The superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theatres, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout ab...

Dec 20, 2020

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...

Dec 20, 2020

Asia Today: Outbreak grows in Sydney’s beach suburbs

SYDNEY, Australia - The outbreak in Sydney's northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. Wh...

Dec 20, 2020

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

KABUL - A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told reporters at th...

Dec 20, 2020

EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears

BRUSSELS - Deep into a crucial weekend of negotiations, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain, leaving both without a trade agreement that would dull the...

Dec 20, 2020

Thousands line up for tests amid Thailand virus outbreak

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand - Thousands of people lined up for coronavirus tests in a province near Bangkok on Sunday, as Thai authorities scrambled to contain an outbreak of the virus that has infected ne...

Dec 20, 2020

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's president dissolved Parliament on Sunday after the prime minister recommended the move amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalaya...

Dec 20, 2020