A trial court in Manila has convicted Philippine American journalist Maria Ressa of libel, dealing a severe blow to press freedom in the Philippines under its strongman president, Rodrigo Duterte....
June 14, 2020
Choi Moon-soon fanned out his wad of coronavirus stimulus money for the cameras like a gambler flaunting hundred-dollar bills. He navigated the narrow aisles of a market in Gangwon province,...
June 14, 2020
Fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections struck China's capital city as a new cluster was discovered over the weekend, centered around a massive seafood, meat and produce market...
June 14, 2020
Iran suffered its biggest daily death toll from the coronavirus since April 13, when the country first started to relax lockdown measures and reopen its economy, state TV reported. So...
June 14, 2020
Libya's security chief Fathi Bashagha said Egypt could play a role in helping to end his country's divisions, signaling a possible rapprochement with the Arab regional power that had backed...
June 14, 2020
President Vladimir Putin said Russia is emerging "confidently" from the coronavirus crisis, drawing a contrast with the United States, where he suggested Donald Trump's efforts to tackle the pandemic have...
June 14, 2020
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak backed calls to ease the U.K.'s 2-meter social distancing rule to help the stalled economy get back to work, as he urged Britons to...
June 14, 2020
President Emmanuel Macron sought to reset his presidency and accelerate France's path out of lockdown as he faces economic strife ahead of the next presidential election in 2022. In a...
June 14, 2020
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven rejected criticism of the country's COVID-19 strategy, amid accusations that the softer lockdown his government chose has resulted in one of the world's highest mortality...
June 14, 2020
A lifting of the ban on travel to the United States from Great Britain could still be months away, and in a worst case may not come until a coronavirus...
June 14, 2020
When Leonid Shlykov's father, Sergei, died in a Moscow hospital last month after 11 days on a ventilator, the death certificate listed the coronavirus as an underlying condition but not...
June 14, 2020
South Korea on Sunday convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to uphold reconciliation agreements, hours after the North threatened to demolish a liaison office and take military...
June 14, 2020
A tanker truck exploded on a highway in southeastern China on Saturday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 189 others, authorities said. The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby...
June 13, 2020
Sometimes, Jorge Manolo Villarroel is Spiderman. Sometimes, he's the Flash, or the Green Lantern. But he's always a teacher -- one who lives out his childhood dreams by dressing up...
June 13, 2020
They call one section of the stadium The Zoo, and it's easy to see why: thousands of university students in team colors standing on their seats, steadying trays of beer,...
June 13, 2020
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to...
June 13, 2020
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a new investigation in Switzerland for suspected criminal mismanagement of a $1 million payment from soccer funds. Blatter has been notified...
June 13, 2020
Protests went ahead in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in far-flung parts of Australia on Saturday against the advice of government and health authorities but on a significantly...
June 13, 2020
Protests went ahead in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in far-flung parts of Australia on Saturday against the advice of government and health authorities but on a significantly...
June 13, 2020
Each time Yvonne Gumbo, who has albinism, and her friends get together for a picture, she insists on being in the center. “I tell them I make the picture beautiful...
June 13, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II's birthday is being marked Saturday with a smaller ceremony than usual, as the annual Trooping the Color parade is canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The extravagant display...
June 13, 2020
After more than three months of separation and worry, loved ones are being allowed to reunite with residents of the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in the northern Italian town...
June 13, 2020
One mine was hidden behind a garage door. Another, buried under rubble, was rigged to blow near a gas tank. A particularly diabolical explosive, activists claimed, was taped to an...
June 13, 2020
The racial turmoil that has gripped the U.S. is causing Canada to publicly confront its own shortcomings in the treatment of minority groups by police and other authorities. Against the...
June 13, 2020
PARIS – Thousands of people protested in central Paris on Saturday in the latest demonstration accusing the police of racism and excessive violence. The demonstration was called by Assa Traore,...
June 13, 2020
Thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters and far-right activists rallied in London on Saturday despite calls from the government and police for them not to come out onto the streets....
June 13, 2020
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it is "high time" to break relations with South Korean authorities, adding the next action against the "enemy" will come...
June 13, 2020
Top anti-graft officials in Ukraine were offered a $6 million bribe to close a case against ex-official Mykola Zlochevsky, who is also the owner of gas company Burisma Holdings, the...
June 13, 2020
Coronavirus cases are growing faster than ever in Mexico, Chile and Argentina, while Peru posted its deadliest day yet and a new study showed the illness may be far more...
June 13, 2020
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera fired health minister Jaime Manalich on Saturday, because of public anger about perceived poor management of the coronavirus pandemic. Pinera swore in Enrique Paris as the...
June 13, 2020
In the sprawling refugee camps of Darfur, the war-scarred western region of Sudan, officials say the elderly are falling sick and dying at astonishing rates. In North Darfur's provincial capital...
June 13, 2020
In the sprawling refugee camps of Darfur, the war-scarred western region of Sudan, officials say the elderly are falling sick and dying at astonishing rates. In North Darfur's provincial capital...
June 13, 2020
Brazil's biggest metropolis has an unorthodox plan to free up space at its graveyards during the coronavris pandemic: digging up the bones of people buried in the past and storing...
June 12, 2020
As confusion reigns over the implications of new U.S sanctions on Cuba announced last week, Western Union wants Cuban Americans looking to send money to their family on the island...
June 12, 2020
The certificate arrived on the floor of an otherwise empty elevator. My 1-year-old stumbled to the doorway of our Sao Paulo apartment and watched as I picked up the document....
June 12, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that police dashcam video of the violent arrest of a Canadian aboriginal chief is shocking and said black Canadians and indigenous people do...
June 12, 2020
Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to...
June 12, 2020
Australia's prime minister apologized on Friday to critics who accuse him of denying the country's history of slavery, as a state government announced it will remove a former Belgian king's...
June 12, 2020
The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to “glorify'' domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's ex-husband just days after she revealed she...
June 12, 2020
Authorities in London boarded up monuments including a war memorial and a statue of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in anticipation of rival demonstrations by anti-racism and far-right protesters, as...
