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AP Exclusive: The Dalai Lama to release 1st album in July

NEW YORK - Stressed out while working at a bank in New Zealand, Junelle Kunin began searching for music paired with teachings from the Dalai Lama to calm herself down and allow herself to focus. But s...

Jun 09, 2020

Sudan militia leader in custody on Darfur war crimes charges

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb, who is charged with 50 crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur, has been arrested more than 13 ...

Jun 09, 2020

Burundi says president Nkurunziza has died of heart attack

NAIROBI, Kenya - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56, the government announced Tuesday, ending a 15-year-rule marked by deadly political violence and a historic ...

Jun 09, 2020

US employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April

BALTIMORE - U.S. employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April - a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic...

Jun 09, 2020

Feds commit $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the C...

Jun 09, 2020

Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab released from prison

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released Tuesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nabeel Rajab left prison and will serve the rest of his sentence ...

Jun 09, 2020

George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried

HOUSTON - The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he...

Jun 09, 2020

Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion

JERUSALEM - Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refae...

Jun 09, 2020

Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday

LONDON - There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. When Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his a...

Jun 09, 2020

Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form

The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music's few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. Eu...

Jun 09, 2020