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The Latest: Fauci says he expects fast decision on J&J shots

WASHINGTON — Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to meet this coming Friday to discuss the pause ...

Refugees win rare victory in landmark Serbia pushback ruling

Hamid Ahmadi still can feel the cold of the February night when Serbian police left him and two dozen other refugees in a ...

Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president

As schools across Peru closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pedro Castillo tried to find a way to keep classes going for ...

Germany remembers nearly 80,000 dead in COVID pandemic

Germany paid tribute on Sunday to the nearly 80,000 people it has lost to the coronavirus, even as the country argues about ...

French president foresees some summer tourists in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron says he foresees at least some tourists returning to Paris this summer if they have gotten ...

US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency

The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with ...

Sheriff: 3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern

Three people were killed and two were seriously wounded in a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early ...

Iran sees highest daily death toll in months as virus surges

Iran's daily coronavirus death toll climbed over 400 for the first time in months on Sunday, as the country, which has long ...

Navalny's team calls protests amid reports of failing health

Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called Sunday for massive protests in the heart of Moscow ...

Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine ...

Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly ...

After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May

President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving ...

Myanmar junta pardons prisoners, to attend regional summit

Myanmar’s junta on Saturday released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, including at least ...

US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide

A woman who served a 10-year sentence in U.S. prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to obtain American ...

In Minneapolis, armed patrol group tries to keep the peace

As protests intensified in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, a group of Black men ...

Journalists allege police harassment at Minnesota protests

Some journalists covering protests over the police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, in suburban ...

O'Ward sets track record at Barber, Johnson ready for debut

Pato O'Ward ran three blistering laps around Barber Motorsports Park to win the pole for IndyCar's season-opening race and ...

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to ...

Police ask for help identifying Portland, Oregon, rioters

Protesters who smashed windows, burglarized businesses and set fires during demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, caused ...

Mets' deGrom strikes out 9 in row, 1 shy of Seaver's record

New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight batters against Colorado on Saturday, falling one shy of matching ...