Fall in new cases raises hope in virus outbreak in China
BEIJING — The number of new cases of the coronavirus in China dropped for a second straight day, health officials said Wednesday in a possible glimmer...
Suit: District wrong to punish students over racist posts
SALINE, Mich. — Four students in a southeastern Michigan town sued their school district over discipline they received in the wake of racist social me...
Buttigieg lands black South Carolina lawmaker’s endorsement
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg is picking up his first endorsement among South Carolina’s black lawmakers as attent...
Solid earnings send stock indexes higher on Wall Street
NEW YORK — Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street, following gains overseas, as investors welcome more solid earnings reports from U.S. comp...
Greek 10-year bond yield makes historic dip below 1%
Greece's 10-year government bond yield has fallen below 1% for the first time, bolstering the country's effort to ease strict budget conditions set by...
Iranian minister apologizes over mock spacesuit post
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s information minister apologized Wednesday for posting a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be a Halloween-type costume represe...
Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a ...
Italy’s Senate to decide whether to lift Salvini’s immunity
ROME — The Italian Senate is deciding Wednesday whether to allow former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to be prosecuted — as he demands to be — for ...
Singapore bank clears office after virus case found
SINGAPORE — The Singapore bank DBS on Wednesday cleared a downtown office and told some 300 employees to work from home after one of its staff was inf...
Lone door led out as fire burned Indian factory of US denim
NEW DELHI — Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blaze...
The Latest: Top Nevada union warns about Sanders, Warren
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest and the New Hampshire primary (all times local):
White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says
NEW YORK — Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to t...
Joe Biden looks to South Carolina to resurrect his campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden brought his wounded presidential campaign to South Carolina on Tuesday, staking his hopes for a comeback on the loyalty of ...
Asian shares rise despite worries about virus outbreak
TOKYO — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.
Virus puts Hong Kong protests on ice. Will they return?
The crowd lining up recently on a cold, dark Hong Kong street wasn't part of the anti-government protest movement that rocked the semi-autonomous Chin...
Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
WASHINGTON — The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the ...
ScarJo’s Oscar look glimmers on, at Oscar de la Renta show
NEW YORK — Watching the Oscar de la Renta show unfold in the imposing setting of the New York Public Library in Manhattan, it was hard not to think ba...
Samsung’s new foldable phone: Cheaper, but still a novelty
SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Tuesday unveiled a new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, its second attempt to sell consumers on phones with bendable scre...
Bloomberg embraces stop and frisk in resurfaced 2015 audio
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which the Democratic presidential candidate says the way to bring down murder ...
Philippines notifies US of intent to end major security pact
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in th...
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on ...
Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s new Socialist-led government has launched another attempt to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
Rohingya boat capsizes in Bay of Bengal; at least 15 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh — An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps sank Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at leas...
Virus cases in Hong Kong apartments recall SARS memories
HONG KONG — The diagnosis of four people living in a single Hong Kong apartment block who were sickened by a new virus is prompting worried comparison...
China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000
BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,...
UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus
GENEVA — The World Health Organization convened outside experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of...
Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid regime and instantly...
Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak
LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global...
Thai army chief: Gunman wasn’t treated fairly in land deal
BANGKOK — Thailand's army commander said Tuesday the soldier who killed 29 people in a shooting rampage had not been treated fairly in a land deal inv...
Rebuilding Afghanistan has a high human cost, US agency says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a U.S. government watchdog that ...