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Mortar shells hit Kabul residential areas; at least 8 dead

KABUL - About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said. The shells were fired from two ca...

Nov 21, 2020

Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble postponed

HONG KONG - Singapore and Hong Kong on Saturday postponed a planned air travel bubble meant to boost tourism for both cities, amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong. The air travel bubble...

Nov 21, 2020

India says Pakistani shelling kills soldier in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India - An Indian soldier was killed and another wounded by Pakistani shelling along the highly militarized frontier dividing Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed rivals, the Indian army sa...

Nov 20, 2020

Turkish, Saudi leaders speak by phone ahead of G20 summit

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Saudi Arabia's King Salman by phone ahead of the G-20 virtual summit hosted by the kingdom, the president's office said Saturday. The...

Nov 20, 2020

Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Biden told reporters on Thursday that he's alr...

Nov 20, 2020

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID - No one performing onstage in Spain's Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic. And that's even before the second act scene in Antonn Dvork's "Rus...

Nov 20, 2020

Justice Dept. plans 3 more executions in lame-duck period

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inaugurati...

Nov 20, 2020

Feds charge man in armed robbery of Kardashian pal Cheban

NEW YORK - Federal authorities in New York City have brought charges in the armed robbery of Jonathan Cheban, a reality TV pal of Kim Kardashian. Victor Rivera is accused of stealing a $250,000 watch ...

Nov 20, 2020

Spokesman: Trump's eldest son tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON - A spokesman says President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been infected with the coronavirus. The spokesman says the younger Trump learned his diagnosis earlier this wee...

Nov 20, 2020

Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots

MADISON, Wis. - The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump's campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of...

Nov 20, 2020