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Ex-NFL player Burfict arrested in Vegas on battery charge

LAS VEGAS - Former NFL player Vontaze Burfict, a linebacker who in 2019 received the most severe punishment in league history for an on-field infraction, was arrested Saturday in Las Vegas, according ...

Dec 05, 2020

UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world "can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic," but he said rich and...

Dec 05, 2020

Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbours sit idle in pandemic

GENEVA - Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue an...

Dec 05, 2020

Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians will vote Sunday in a legislative election expected to restore some measure of stability in a country with one of the European Union's highest emigration rates, and brin...

Dec 05, 2020

UK and EU leaders to hold crunch talks on post-Brexit ties

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union's top official are set to discuss the state of play of post-Brexit trade discussions later Saturday after negotiators paused talks ...

Dec 05, 2020

Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centres

MOSCOW - Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations in Moscow starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunization effort. ...

Dec 05, 2020

Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbours sit idle in pandemic

GENEVA - Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue an...

Dec 05, 2020

UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world "can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic," but he said rich and...

Dec 05, 2020

Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink U.S. involvement in counterte...

Dec 05, 2020

At least 18 Chinese coal miners killed by lethal gas

BEIJING - China's state TV says at least 18 coal miners have been killed by high levels of carbon monoxide in the country's southwest. One miner was found alive following the disaster Friday in the Di...

Dec 05, 2020