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Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea

HONG KONG - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists were taken into custody Monday after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police...

Nov 23, 2020

China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities

BEIJING - Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across t...

Nov 23, 2020

US provides missiles, renews pledge to defend Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - President Donald Trump's administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pl...

Nov 23, 2020

French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption

PARIS - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced se...

Nov 23, 2020

AstraZeneca: COVID-19 vaccine 'highly effective' prevention

LONDON - AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were "highly effective'' in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analys...

Nov 23, 2020

Taylor Swift wins top prize, the Weeknd dominates at AMAs

NEW YORK - Taylor Swift won her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show for a good reason: She said she's busy re-recording her songs' masters ...

Nov 22, 2020

LA County restricts in-person dining due to COVID-19 cases

Los Angeles County announced new coronavirus-related restrictions Sunday that will prohibit in-person dining for at least three weeks as cases rise at the start of the holiday season and officials sta...

Nov 22, 2020

US Rhodes Scholars chosen virtually for the 1st time

The U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2021 were elected virtually this year for the first time as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe, though that didn't extinguish enthusiasm among the 32 students...

Nov 22, 2020

Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred o...

Nov 22, 2020

Confrontation at German coronavirus protest goes viral

BERLIN - A video went viral Sunday in Germany of a confrontation at a coronavirus protest, where a young woman compared herself to a famous Nazi resistance fighter only to be confronted by a security ...

Nov 22, 2020