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September 28, 2020

WHO, partners roll out faster COVID tests for poorer nations

The World Health Organization announced Monday that it and leading partners have agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million ...

September 28, 2020

Stocks rise on Wall Street, clawing back bit of 4-week slump

U.S. stocks are rallying Monday, as Wall Street claws back some of its sharp and sudden September losses. The S&P 500 was 1.

September 28, 2020

Dissident Ai Weiwei protests possible extradition of Assange

The dissident Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei staged a silent protest outside London's Old Bailey court on Monday ...

September 28, 2020

Supreme Court vacancy likely to inflame presidential debate

President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, were already set to fight when they share a stage Tuesday ...

September 28, 2020

Zimbabwe elephants died from bacterial disease, say experts

Parks authorities in Zimbabwe said Monday that the recent deaths of elephants have been caused by a bacterial disease that ...

September 28, 2020

Zimbabwe begins gradual reopening of schools amid virus

Zimbabwe’s schools Monday reopened for pupils in two grades as part of a gradual process that will see all pupils return to ...

September 28, 2020

US warns Iraq of Baghdad embassy closure if attacks continue

The Trump administration has warned Iraq that it will close its embassy in Baghdad if the government does not take swift and ...

September 28, 2020

Healthy US economy failed to narrow racial gaps in 2019

The solid growth that the United States enjoyed before the viral pandemic paralyzed the economy this spring failed to reduce ...

September 28, 2020

New US citizen refugees excited for first presidential vote

They came fleeing war and persecution in countries like Myanmar, Eritrea and Iraq, handpicked by the United States for ...

September 28, 2020

Mourning daughter, a Guatemalan couple find healing in dance

Jenifer Vásquez was 32 when she died of renal insufficiency in June, leaving behind grief-stricken parents already struggling ...

September 28, 2020

500 years ago, another epidemic swept Mexico: smallpox

There were mass cremations of bodies; entire families died and the inhabitants of the city, afraid to pull their bodies out, ...

September 28, 2020

Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington state ballot fight

Democrats in the Washington state Legislature thought they had passed a routine sex education requirement for public schools ...

September 28, 2020

1 person dies as Nairobi hospital workers strike in Kenya

A man has died outside an emergency ward of Kenya's largest referral hospital after he was not treated for hours by striking ...

September 28, 2020

Asia Today: Australian hot spot, South Korea hit new lows

Australia’s coronavirus hot spot, Victoria state, on Monday recorded its lowest number of new infections in more than three ...

September 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia: G-20 gathering of world leaders to be virtual

Saudi Arabia, which is presiding over the Group of 20 countries this year, said Monday that the upcoming November gathering ...

September 28, 2020

2020 Watch: How much do debates matter this year?

Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: ...

September 28, 2020

The Latest: Virus curbs late-night drinking in Parliament

LONDON — British politicians will have to curb their late-night drinking after authorities in Parliament ordered alcohol ...

September 28, 2020

India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases

India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 6 million on Monday, keeping the country second to the United States in number ...

September 28, 2020

Romanian villagers re-elect mayor despite his COVID-19 death

After handing Ion Aliman victory in the election for their local mayor, residents of a small village in southern Romania went ...