World

EU looks forward to Biden resetting trans-Atlantic relations

BRUSSELS - The European Union is grasping the imminent arrival of the Biden administration as a key moment to reset relations with the United States after four years of trans-Atlantic acrimony. With a...

Dec 02, 2020

US lawmakers unveil anti-slavery constitutional amendment

NEW YORK - National lawmakers introduced a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution that enshrines a form of slavery in America's foundational documents. The re...

Dec 02, 2020

The Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021

Leave the snow boots, parkas and glove warmers in the closet, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival is coming down from the mountain and straight to your living room. Organizers on Wednesday said that this ...

Dec 02, 2020

'My God, we're scared': Serial attacks put a suburb on edge

WALTHAM, Mass. - The attacks come after dark, without warning, usually from behind. The victims, all men, are hit so hard on the head with some sort of blunt object that they are often knocked to the ...

Dec 02, 2020

Fed and Treasury urge Congress to approve more virus relief

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to approve COVID-19 relief funds without further delay, though Democrats continued to attack a ...

Dec 02, 2020

Australia bounces out of recession as economy grows 3.3%

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Australia's economy grew by 3.3% in the third quarter, rebounding from its first recession in nearly three decades as it recovered from pandemic-related shocks, according to ...

Dec 02, 2020

Massed Brazilian bank robbers attack another city, kill 1

RIO DE JANEIRO - A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck another mid-sized city on the opposite side of the country, t...

Dec 02, 2020

Israeli lawmakers pass proposal to dissolve parliament

JERUSALEM - With support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main coalition partner, Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve the parliament in a major step toward...

Dec 02, 2020

People magazine reveals its '2020 People of the Year'

LOS ANGELES - People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the "2020 People of the Year." The magazine revealed its list Wednesday morning as part of a ...

Dec 02, 2020

UN, Ethiopia sign deal for humanitarian access to Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations says it and Ethiopia's government have signed a deal to allow "unimpeded" humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts now under federal g...

Dec 02, 2020