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Erdogan calls for energy talks as EU considers Med sanctions

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called for negotiations over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean, days ahead of an European Union summit that could...

Dec 07, 2020

Hong Kong police arrest 8 over university protest

Hong Kong authorities arrested eight people Monday in connection with an unauthorized protest at a university campus last month, amid a widening crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese ter...

Dec 07, 2020

EU weighs new dawn for trans-Atlantic ties under Biden

BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers were debating Monday ways to work together more closely with the United States on global diplomacy, with the bloc hopeful that the arrival of President-elec...

Dec 07, 2020

Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

NEW YORK - As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not - a comprehensive national testing strategy. Such...

Dec 07, 2020

In Georgia, Loeffler again refuses to say Trump lost

ATLANTA - Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that President Donald Trump lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, ahead of twin Geo...

Dec 07, 2020

Egypt's El-Sissi pays state visit to France; activists angry

PARIS - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was meeting Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron for talks on fighting terrorism, the conflict in Libya and other regional issues as part of a ...

Dec 07, 2020

Asia Today: South Korean minister warns of virus 'war zone'

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's health minister said Monday that the Seoul metropolitan area is now a "COVID-19 war zone," as the country reported another 615 new infections and the virus ap...

Dec 07, 2020

Biden picks Calif. AG to be first Latino health secretary

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his ...

Dec 06, 2020

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. The president confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had...

Dec 06, 2020

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. The president confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had...

Dec 06, 2020