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Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A year ago, Taiwan's leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen is poised to win...

Jan 08, 2020

Chinese report says illnesses may be from new coronavirus

BEIJING - A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of coronavirus, state media said Thu...

Jan 08, 2020

Democrats, and some in GOP, seek more info on Iran decision

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration made its case on Capitol Hill for killing a powerful Iranian general, but Democrats - and a handful of Republicans - said Wednesday's classified briefings were sh...

Jan 08, 2020

Newly empowered Virginia Democrats promise action

RICHMOND, Va. - A new era in Virginia politics began Wednesday, as Democrats took full control of the state house for the first time in a generation and promised to reshape many of the state's laws. T...

Jan 08, 2020

Australians on SE coast urged to flee as fire risk escalates

TOMERONG, Australia - Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don't intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are foreca...

Jan 08, 2020

Teen grateful to be alive after 30 hours in Utah mountains

SALT LAKE CITY - A California teenager who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy Utah mountains said Wednesday he kept himself awake with phone alarms, built a snow cave for shelter and held a s...

Jan 08, 2020

Japan issues arrest warrant for Nissan ex-chair's wife

Tokyo prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant Tuesday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn's wife on suspicion of perjury, adding to the couple's legal troubles in the country where he once was reve...

Jan 08, 2020

Acclaimed Conceptual artist John Baldessari dies at 88

LOS ANGELES - John Baldessari, who pioneered a new genre of art in the 1970s and in the process helped elevate Los Angeles' status in the art world from that of back-water berg to a centre of the Conc...

Jan 08, 2020

New US plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers that rely on voluntary standards despite calls for specific regulations. Transportation...

Jan 08, 2020

Man charged with shooting, injuring Minnesota officer

WASECA, Minn. - Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with shooting and critically wounding a Minnesota police officer who was responding to a report of a suspicious person. Tyler Robert Janovsky, 37...

Jan 08, 2020