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Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip

CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the first stage of a parliamentary election, a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless House of Representatives packed with supporters of President...

Oct 24, 2020

Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...

Oct 24, 2020

Correction: California Wildfires story

SAN FRANCISCO - In a story October 23, 2020, about possible California power cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pacific Gas & Electric will cut power to some 1 million people. Th...

Oct 24, 2020

Hitler speeches sell at Munich auction despite objections

BERLIN - Handwritten speech notes by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Munich on Friday despite concerns from Jewish groups they could encourage neo-Nazis. The Hermann Historica auction ho...

Oct 23, 2020

AP Explains: Why are UK and EU still arguing over Brexit?

LONDON - It's more than four years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and almost a year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson won an election by vowing to "get Brexit done." Spoiler alert: ...

Oct 23, 2020

Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases

BOISE, Idaho - The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease's grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to ...

Oct 23, 2020

US wades in cautiously to Armenia-Azerbaijan peace effort

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration waded cautiously Friday into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 year...

Oct 23, 2020

Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions

WARSAW, Poland - Throngs of protesters vented anger Friday across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one ...

Oct 23, 2020

Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid virus surge

ALMERE, Netherlands - A bright yellow helicopter rose into a blue sky Friday carrying a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit, the first such international airlift sinc...

Oct 23, 2020

Croatia accused of brutality, sexual abuse against migrants

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Danish aid workers stationed in the Balkans say dozens of migrants have alleged they were brutalized by Croatian law-enforcement officers when they tried to cross into the European ...

Oct 23, 2020