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'Riveting' coverage of Alaska policing wins Pulitzer Prize

The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for illuminating the sparse policing ...

Russian authorities brace for quick surge in virus cases

Russian officials on Monday reported a steady rise in the number of the new coronavirus infections that raises pressure on ...

America First meets global pandemic, testing Trump worldview

When terrorists struck the United States on Sept. 11, Nicholas Burns was the U.S. ambassador to NATO, and one memory still ...

Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors

A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since ...

Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in 2016

A bipartisan Senate report released Tuesday affirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in ...

Top US and Russian diplomats discuss arms control

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed arms control and other issues Friday ...

Putin postpones World War II victory parade due to virus

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday postponed next month's Victory Day celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of ...

France urging top powers to endorse UN virus cease-fire call

French President Emmanuel Macron says he hopes that “in the coming days” the five permanent members of the U.N.

Russian foreign minister calls for unity in fighting virus

Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday angrily rejected Western claims that Moscow has used the coronavirus crisis to expand ...

Coronavirus upends Putin’s political agenda in Russia

Spring is not turning out the way Russian President Vladimir Putin might have planned it. A nationwide vote on April 22 was ...

OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut amid virus

OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented production cut of nearly 10 million ...

Global pact to contain oil price crash takes shape

The OPEC oil cartel and nations including Russia have agreed to boost oil prices by cutting as much as 10 million barrels a ...

Russia aims to prosecute destruction of war monuments abroad

Russia’s defense minister called on law enforcement officials Wednesday to consider filing criminal charges against ...

UK's Johnson in ICU, was given oxygen in battling virus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition with the coronavirus Tuesday in a hospital intensive care unit, ...

When leaders are stricken in office, how do nations act?

The measure of a nation — its DNA, or sometimes its political system — becomes more visible when its leader is stricken in ...

Russia's Putin orders month of non-work to curb coronavirus

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month as part of a partial ...

The Latest: Israel's health minister has new coronavirus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

Fake news or the truth? Russia cracks down on virus postings

Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the ...

Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths

With refrigerated morgue trucks parked on New York City's streets to collect the surging number of dead, public health ...

UN chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world faces the most challenging crisis since World War II, ...