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EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden

WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. That got him the state's 20 electora...

Nov 08, 2020

BTS, Lady Gaga win top awards at MTV Europe Music Awards

The South Korean pop group BTS won a leading four awards including best song for "Dynamite" and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night, while Lady Gaga took the best artist prize. BTS ...

Nov 08, 2020

Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys

HAVANA - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba Sunday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where a hurricane warning was posted for a storm that has left scores of dead and ov...

Nov 08, 2020

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...

Nov 08, 2020

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...

Nov 08, 2020

Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency repor...

Nov 08, 2020

Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the ...

Nov 08, 2020

Azerbaijani leader: Forces seize key Nagorno-Karabakh city

MOSCOW - Azerbaijani forces have taken control of the strategically key city of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh where fighting with Armenia has raged for more than a month, the country's president said Sun...

Nov 08, 2020

UK does a U-turn, backs soccer star's child hunger campaign

LONDON - The British government has made another abrupt about-face and now says it will provide free meals to disadvantaged children in England over the upcoming holidays following a hugely popular ch...

Nov 08, 2020

Ethiopian leader defends military conflict in defiant Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's prime minister has sought to defend a major military action against the country's defiant Tigray region Sunday, and urged citizens not to target the ethnic Tigrayan people ...

Nov 08, 2020