World

Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island

HONOLULU - The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption began late Sunday within the within Halema'uma'u crater. The volcano is located within ...

Dec 21, 2020

German court convicts man of murder over synagogue attack

BERLIN - A German court on Monday convicted a right-wing extremist of murder and attempted murder and sentenced him to life in prison for his attack on a synagogue last year on Yom Kippur, Judaism's h...

Dec 21, 2020

6 Hungarian parties join forces to try to defeat Orban

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Six Hungarian opposition parties have announced that they will unite in an effort to unseat Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party in 2022 national elections. The ...

Dec 21, 2020

New strain of COVID-19 is driving South Africa's resurgence

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has announced that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus is driving the country's current resurgence of the disease, which is seeing higher numbers of confirmed cases, hospit...

Dec 21, 2020

UK holds crisis talks as France closes border on virus fears

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later Monday after France closed its borders to arrivals from the U.K. to stem the spread of...

Dec 21, 2020

EU regulator meets to discuss approval of COVID-19 vaccine

AMSTERDAM - The European Medicines Agency is meeting Monday to consider approving a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that would be the first to be authorized for use in the Europea...

Dec 21, 2020

AP Interview: China signals shift but no let-up in Xinjiang

BEIJING - A Chinese Communist Party official signalled Monday that there would likely be no let-up in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, but said the government's focus is shifting more to addressi...

Dec 21, 2020

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ grabs $38.5 million overseas

The superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theatres, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout ab...

Dec 20, 2020

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...

Dec 20, 2020

Asia Today: Outbreak grows in Sydney’s beach suburbs

SYDNEY, Australia - The outbreak in Sydney's northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. Wh...

Dec 20, 2020