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Weinstein rape accuser testifies about sexual advances

NEW YORK - A key accuser in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial testified Friday that he made a series of unwelcome advances, once trying to kiss her as she tried to fight him off, then telling her she coul...

Jan 31, 2020

Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday. A presidential decree ordering Naama Issachar's release on "hum...

Jan 31, 2020

Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack

GENEVA - Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. networks in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation that top officials at the world body kept largely quiet. The hackers' identit...

Jan 31, 2020

Trump trial end in sight as vote nears on more witnesses

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump seems headed for acquittal in his impeachment trial after Sen. Lamar Alexander's decision to stick with fellow Republicans and oppose Democratic efforts to call mor...

Jan 31, 2020

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

BEIJING - Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the centre of a v...

Jan 31, 2020

Fever alarms, paranoia as masked passengers fly from China

NEW YORK - In Bangladesh's biggest airport, workers held up digital thermometers to passengers' heads. A beeping alarm sounded as a passenger walking through a thermal scanner registered a fever. On a...

Jan 31, 2020

Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

WASHINGTON - Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump's lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White...

Jan 31, 2020

Trump defence: Ukraine 'quid pro quo' not impeachable

WASHINGTON - In a striking shift from President Donald Trump's claim of "perfect" dealings with Ukraine, his defence asserted Wednesday at his Senate trial that a trade of U.S. military aid for politi...

Jan 31, 2020

More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads

BANGKOK - British Airways halted all flights to China and American Airlines suspended Los Angeles flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing as efforts to contain a new virus intensifies. The coronaviru...

Jan 31, 2020

Kobe Bryant's death throws spotlight on crash-warning system

LOS ANGELES - The crash that killed nine people including Kobe Bryant has led to calls for crash-warning systems to be installed in more helicopters, but regulators and pilots worry that the instrumen...

Jan 30, 2020