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Israeli PM joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccine

TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inocula...

Dec 19, 2020

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97

JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97. Winter, who was governor from 1980 to 198...

Dec 19, 2020

Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia

MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia...

Dec 19, 2020

Epstein-linked modeling agent charged with rape of minors

PARIS - A modeling agent associated with disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein has been charged in France with sexual harassment and the rape of minors over 15 years old. Jean-Luc Brunel was arrest...

Dec 19, 2020

Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey - A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing nine people, the health minister said. The...

Dec 19, 2020

Biden transition team criticizes co-operation from Pentagon

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's transition team expressed frustration Friday with the level of co-operation they're getting from political appointees at the Department of Defence, sayin...

Dec 19, 2020

Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, no casualties reported

KABUL - Five rockets were fired at a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties, NATO and provincial officials said. The rockets hit Bagram Airfield, said Wahida Shahkar,...

Dec 19, 2020

Asia Today: Sydney beach suburbs in lockdown as cases rise

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney's northern beaches will enter a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to 41. Fro...

Dec 19, 2020

India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip

NEW DELHI - India's confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination i...

Dec 18, 2020

Illegal winery busted at Alabama town's sewage plant

RAINSVILLE, Ala. - Sheriff's officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said in a s...

Dec 18, 2020