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British police respond to oil tanker with stowaway trouble

LONDON - British police and coast guard units responded Sunday to an incident on an oil tanker in the English Channel after the crew reported they had stowaways onboard who had become verbally abusive...

Oct 25, 2020

Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes WDC Archbishop Gregory

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surpr...

Oct 25, 2020

Thai protesters rally ahead of parliamentary debate

BANGKOK - Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand gathered again Sunday in Bangkok, seeking to keep up pressure on the government a day ahead of a special session of Parliament called to try to ease poli...

Oct 25, 2020

Spain PM works on new state of emergency to curb outbreak

BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez called a Cabinet meeting Sunday to prepare a new state of emergency to stem surging coronavirus infections, a move that could impose curfews and ...

Oct 25, 2020

Polish women protest new abortion restriction in churches

WARSAW, Poland - Women's rights activists in Poland staged protests during Sunday church services in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation against a tightening of the nation's already restrictive ab...

Oct 25, 2020

Malaysia's king rejects PM's proposal to declare emergency

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's king on Sunday rejected a proposal by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to declare a state of emergency to fight a new outbreak of the coronavirus. The plan...

Oct 25, 2020

Egyptians vote in second day of parliamentary elections

CAIRO - Egyptians on Sunday trickled into polling stations on the second day of voting for the country's parliamentary election amid a slight uptick in daily recorded coronavirus cases. The first stag...

Oct 25, 2020

Nigeria's police order massive mobilization after unrest

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to "reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters" after days...

Oct 25, 2020

Ukraine's local elections test leader and his young party

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainians were voting Sunday in local elections that are considered a test for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a former comedian who took office last year vowing to bring peace, uproot...

Oct 25, 2020

India's festive season spawns fears of renewed virus surge

NEW DELHI - Just weeks after India fully opened up from a harsh lockdown and began to modestly turn a corner by cutting new coronavirus infections by near half, a Hindu festival season is raising fear...

Oct 25, 2020