World

Apple closes stores in 4 states, again, as infections rise

CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to r...

Jun 19, 2020

Wirecard CEO quits after auditors can't find $2.1 billion

FRANKFURT - The chief executive of German payment service provider Wirecard AG resigned on Friday after the company disclosed that auditors could not find 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash, add...

Jun 19, 2020

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak

WASHINGTON - In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. officia...

Jun 19, 2020

AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash

LOS ANGELES - The nation's largest movie theatre chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governm...

Jun 19, 2020

Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger

VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...

Jun 19, 2020

South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music

MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...

Jun 19, 2020

Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections

WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...

Jun 19, 2020

China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case

BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...

Jun 19, 2020

Tribes turn to musicians to raise kids' awareness of COVID

PABLO, Mont. - The scene is the pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 93 in Pablo. In the midst of a gaggle of dancing children, a young hip-hop artist raps out a serious message: "I pull my mask up to ...

Jun 19, 2020

China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case

BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying in cases linked to Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive on U.S. charges. Chinese prosecutors said Friday that Michael Kovrig and Michael...

Jun 18, 2020