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January 15, 2021

China strips license of lawyer for Hong Kong activist

A Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was stripped of his law license on Friday amid efforts ...

January 15, 2021

Man convicted in 3 killings to be last executed under Trump

The last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings ...

January 15, 2021

Online sign-ups complicate vaccine rollout for older people

Howard Jones, who's 83, was on the phone for three to four hours every day trying to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine.

January 15, 2021

U.S. retail sales fell in December for 3rd straight month

Retail sales fell for a third straight month as a surge in virus cases kept people away from stores during the critical ...

January 15, 2021

Wells Fargo 4Q profit rose 4%, tops Street estimates

Wells Fargo had its best quarter of 2020 as its profit rose 4% in the fourth quarter of a year defined by the coronavirus ...

January 15, 2021

Migrant caravan on the move in Honduras in uncertain times

Honduran migrants began walking toward the Guatemalan border before dawn Friday, driven by deepening poverty and the hope of ...

January 15, 2021

Asia Today: China's COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases rise

China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the country’s ...

January 15, 2021

Biden taps former FDA chief Kessler to lead vaccine science

President-elect Joe Biden has picked a former Food and Drug commissioner to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 ...

January 15, 2021

JPMorgan's profits jump as economy, investment bank recovers

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nation's largest bank by assets, said its fourth quarter profits jumped by 42% from a year earlier, ...

January 15, 2021

Biden picks familiar faces for top roles at FEMA, CIA

President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal ...

January 15, 2021

Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia

A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its ...

January 15, 2021

China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise

A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as ...

January 15, 2021

Another recession looms for UK economy as lockdowns bite

The British economy looks set to fall back into recession after official figures on Friday showed that it shrank by 2.

January 15, 2021

US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection

The U.S. government executed a drug trafficker Thursday for slaying seven people in a burst of violence in Virginia’s capital ...

January 15, 2021

Japan minister says 'anything can happen' with Tokyo Games

Japanese cabinet minister Taro Kono has said “anything can happen” in regard to the postponed Tokyo Olympics, raising more ...

January 15, 2021

Players arrive for Australian Open; straight into quarantine

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter ...

January 15, 2021

Impeachment complicates the early days of Biden's presidency

President-elect Joe Biden already faces the daunting task of steering a newly announced $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill ...

January 15, 2021

Vaccines to stimulus checks: Here's what's in Biden plan

President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and ...