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Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature

Hong Kong police arrested seven people Sunday over scuffles that broke out with security guards during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers in the city’s legislature earlier this year.

Nov 1, 2020 1:48 AM Read more >

Obama: Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously

DETROIT — Calling Joe Biden his “brother,” Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first Black president to energize Black voters in battl

Oct 31, 2020 7:13 PM Read more >

The Latest: New Mexico governor: Stay home on Halloween

SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday said the spread of coronavirus is out of control in New Mexico as she urged residents to stay home and avoid gathering with others to celebrate Halloween.

Oct 31, 2020 5:32 PM Read more >

In Peru's Cuzco, pandemic devastates tourism and economy

CUZCO, Peru — Efraín Valles guided world leaders, pop stars and a princess on exclusive tours through the land of the Incas. He now makes ice cream to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Oct 31, 2020 3:02 PM Read more >

Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90

LONDON — Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning career in other rugged roles, has died. He was 90.

Oct 31, 2020 2:13 PM Read more >

Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett dies after fall at 49

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Leanza Cornett, who was Miss America in 1993 and later a TV host, has died from injuries suffered in a fall at her Florida home. She was 49. The Miss America pageant announced the death on its Facebook page.

Oct 31, 2020 1:58 PM Read more >

Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown

LYON, France — A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, authorities said.

Oct 31, 2020 12:36 PM Read more >

Death toll reaches 39 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

IZMIR, Turkey — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 39 people and injured more tha

Oct 31, 2020 12:33 PM Read more >

Ivory Coast opposition asserts 12 dead in election violence

ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire — Ivory Coast's main opposition parties boycotting the presidential vote asserted Saturday that at least a dozen people had died in election day clashes as incumbent leader Alassane Ouattara sought a controversial third term.

Oct 31, 2020 11:25 AM Read more >

Nearly 3 months after vote, Belarus protests still go strong

KYIV, Ukraine — Nearly three months after Belarus' authoritarian president's re-election to a sixth term in a vote widely seen as rigged, demonstrators keep swarming the streets of Belarusian cities to demand his resignation in the most massive and s

Oct 31, 2020 8:36 AM Read more >