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Japan awaits spacecraft return with asteroid soil samples

TOKYO - Japan's space agency said the Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully separated a capsule and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a distant asteroid that could provide clues to the origin o...

Dec 04, 2020

Pressure mounts on Biden to make diverse picks for top posts

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure to expand the racial and ideological diversity in his choices for Cabinet and other top jobs. A month and a half before he takes of...

Dec 04, 2020

Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets

MEXICO CITY - Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio - salsa, cumbia, ranchera - bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City's Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well...

Dec 04, 2020

Wayward wallaroo rescued from river after chase in Illinois

PERU, Ill. - Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases - unless what they're after hops away on two legs. Officers in the city about 95 miles (152 kilometres) southwest of Chicago were join...

Dec 04, 2020

With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual

NEW YORK - This is the time of year when Hollywood's awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It's a frothy, festive run of the year's final premieres and screenings - all part ...

Dec 04, 2020

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of p...

Dec 04, 2020

Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The island kingdom of Bahrain said Friday it has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency-use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer ...

Dec 04, 2020

Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea

COPENHAGEN - Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel e...

Dec 04, 2020

James McBride among those honoured by Center for Fiction

NEW YORK - Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honoured Thursday night by the Center for Fiction. McBride and Showtime received an On Screen Award for the acclaimed adaptati...

Dec 04, 2020

US trade deficit rises 1.7% to $63.1 billion in October

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with China and Mexico grew. The gap between the goods and services the...

Dec 04, 2020