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November consumer prices up 0.2% as energy costs rise

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2% in November as a rise in energy costs and variety of other items offset a drop in food costs. The Labor Department reported that the gain in the consume...

Dec 10, 2020

Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM in port blast

BEIRUT - The Lebanese prosecutor probing last summer's port explosion in Beirut filed charges on Thursday against the caretaker prime minister and three former ministers, accusing them of negligence l...

Dec 10, 2020

China says 2 Canadians have been indicted, tried

BEIJING - China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that two Canadians held for two years in a case linked to a Huawei executive have been indicted and put on trial, but gave no details. Former diplomat ...

Dec 10, 2020

China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong

BEIJING - China is imposing restrictions on travel to Hong Kong by some U.S. officials and others in retaliation for similar measures imposed on Chinese individuals by Washington, the Foreign Ministry...

Dec 10, 2020

Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO

Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead. The San Francisco-based home sharing company makes its long-aw...

Dec 09, 2020

Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities

MISSION, Kan. - Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once s...

Dec 09, 2020

UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism' is moving at full speed

TANZANIA, Tanzania - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that "vaccine nationalism" is moving "at full speed," leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculatio...

Dec 09, 2020

Hundreds sign up to speak on Minneapolis plan to cut police

MINNEAPOLIS - More than 300 Minneapolis residents signed up to speak Wednesday night on a plan to shrink the city's police department, with some pleading for City Council members to deliver the reform...

Dec 09, 2020

Oregon eviction protest fueled by history of gentrification

PORTLAND, Ore. - Protesters barricaded streets in a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood and set booby traps for police after officers arrested about a dozen people in a clash over gentrification and the e...

Dec 09, 2020

Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included id...

Dec 09, 2020