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Power vacuum created by president's killing rattles Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitians are not only wondering who killed their president, but who's running the country: At least three men claim to be the legitimate head of government, complicating t...

Jul 13, 2021

Dutch COVID-19 infections soar by 500% in a week

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Coronavirus infections in the Netherlands skyrocketed by more than 500% over the last week, the country's public health institute reported Tuesday. The surge follows the ...

Jul 13, 2021

IOC's Bach slips up and refers to Japanese as 'Chinese'

TOKYO (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week. Giving a pep talk at the he...

Jul 13, 2021

Iraqi health officials: 58 dead in fire at coronavirus ward

BAGHDAD (AP) - The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 58 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said. Two health of...

Jul 13, 2021

Florida city weighs how to honor lost souls at 'holy site'

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the r...

Jul 12, 2021

Biden calls Cuba 'remarkable' protests a 'call for freedom'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba "remarkable" and a "clarion call for freedom," praising thousands of Cubans who took the streets to protest food shortages and h...

Jul 12, 2021

Texas Democrats plan to leave state to stop GOP voting bill

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats in the Texas Legislature were planning Monday to leave the state for Washington, D.C., in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another drama...

Jul 12, 2021

Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker's request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President J...

Jul 12, 2021

Coronavirus infects vaccinated leader at Florida condo site

MIAMI (AP) - A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested p...

Jul 12, 2021

UK's Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week's time while urging people to remain cautious a...

Jul 12, 2021